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- PREFACE 



The present publication may be considered as the foundation-stone of the 
Historical and Literary portion of the Philological Society's proposed Eng- 
lish Dictionary. Its appearance in a separate form has been necessitated 
by the nature of the scheme, on which that work is being constructed. 
Without entering into details, which will be found in the Society's published 
Prospectus,* it will be sufficient for the present purpose to mention, that the 
raw material of the Dictionary, the words and authorities, are being brought 
together by a number of independent collectors, for whom it is consequently 
necessary to provide some common standard of comparison, whereby each 
may ascertain what he is to extract, and what to reject, from the author, or 
work, he has undertaken. This standard for works of earlier date than 1526 
is furnished by the following pages, which contain an alphabetical inventory 
of every word found in the printed English literature of the 13th century. 
As, however, a mere index verborum would but inadequately fulfil its object, 
a certain amount of explanatory and etymological matter has been added, 
which it is hoped may render the work more generally interesting and useful 
than could otherwise have been the case. It is only proper to add that Eng- 
lish literature, as distinguished from Semi-Saxon, is assumed to commence 
about the middle of the 13th century. 

All words are arranged under their modern forms, where such exist, but 
the older forms, except where utterly unimportant, are always noticed. The 
more remarkable of these older forms are also entered in the Glossary in their 
alphabetical order, with cross references to that under which the word is dis- 
cussed. Thus under ' Hymn ' and ' Isle ' will be found the forms ' ympne " 
and ' ydle ; ' but ' ympne ' and * ydle ' appear also in their proper places in the 

* London, Triibner and Co., Paternoster Row, price 6d. 



iv PREFACE. 

Glossary. Obsolete words are of course entered as they are spelt in the pas- 
sage whence they are taken, a rule which applies as much to different forms 
of the same word, as to different words. As to the etymological matter, 
nothing further as a general rule has been attempted than to indicate the 
nearest cognate, or cognates, of the particular word ; but it has not been 
thought necessary, or desirable, to load the Glossary with illustrations of this 
nature in very simple cases. I have to thank Hensleigh "Wedgwood, Esq., 
for many kind and valuable suggestions in this part of my work. 

My best thanks are also due to the Rev. J. Eastwood, the Rev. W. H. 
Herford, to my colleague Mr E. J. Eurnivall, and to Messrs M'Ewanand Har- 
rison, for their valuable assistance in the formation of separate indexes to 
several of the works comprised in this Glossary. Their respective shares in 
the work are pointed out in the List of Books and Editions, which will be 
found in page v. 

And I cannot terminate this brief preface without expressing my deep 
sense of the obligations I am under to Sir E. Madden, not merely for the help 
of his invaluable editions of La$amon and Havelok, without which this work 
would have been far less complete than it now is, but also for much kind per- 
sonal advice and assistance, which probably few, if any, living philologists 
beside himself would have been competent to bestow. It only remains for me 
to add that, although no pains have been spared to render the book as com- 
plete as possible, I cannot but expect that some omissions and errors will be 
discovered, more especially as the largest and most laborious portion of the 
work was carried on during a long period of ill health. I shall feel very 
grateful to those who discover any addenda, if they will kindly communicate 
them to me for insertion hereafter in the Dictionary itself. 

HERBERT COLERIDGE. 



10, Chester Place, Regent's Park, 
June 13th, 1859. 



LIST OF BOOKS AND EDITIONS 

BEFEBBED TO. 



*** All the following pieces are cited by the number of the verse, except where the contrary- 
is expressly mentioned. 

HaveloTc the Dane. Edited by Sir E. Madden, for the Boxburgh Club. (By 
Mr H. Coleridge.) 

Geste of Kyng Horn. Edited by M. Michel, for the Bannatyne Club. (By 
Mr H. Coleridge.) 

(N.B. The text of this poem in the second vol. of Bitson's Metrical 
Bomances is taken from a later MS., and differs considerably from the 
Bannatyne text.) 

Kyng Alysaunder. In Weber's Metrical Bomances, vol. I. (By Mr H. 
Coleridge.) 

The Land of Colcaygne. In Hickes's Thesaurus, vol. I. p. 231. (By Mr 
Eurnivall.) 

TheZifeofStMarffaret(dteAhj^nz^),\ inmc]ies , s Thes Tol j 

Metrical Version of the Athanasian Creed, J 

pp. 224, 233. (By Mr Eurnivall.) 

The Owl and Nightingale. Edited by Mr Wright for the Percy Society. 
(By Mr Eurnivall and Mr H. Coleridge.) 

Fragment on Popular Science, from the Early English Metrical Lives of Saints, 
in Mr Wright's ' Popular Treatises on Science.' (By Mr H. Coleridge.) 

Specimens of Lyric Poetry, temp. Edw. I. Edited by Mr Wright, for the 
Percy Society. (By Mr M' Ewan.) 

Various Pieces in the Peliquice Antiques (cited by volume and page). (By 
Mr H. Coleridge.) 

Political Songs, temp. Hen. III. and Edw. I. Edited by Mr Wright, for the 
Camden Society. (By the Bev. W. H. Herford.) 

Pitson's Ancient Songs, Class I. Most of these songs, however, are contained 
in the Specimens of Lyric Poetry, temp. Ed. I., and are quoted from that 
collection. (By Mr Harrison.) 

Religious Songs, printed at the end of the Percy Society's edition of the Owl 
and Nightingale. (By Mr H. Coleridge.) 

Dialogue between the Soul and Body. In the Appendix to Mapes's Poems, 
edited by Mr W right, for the Camden Society, p. 334. (By the Bev. J. 
Eastwood.) 



VI LIST OF BOOKS AND EDITIONS REFERRED TO. 

The Early English Psalter. Edited by the Rev. J. Stevenson, for the Surtees' 
Society. Cited by the psalm and verse. (By Mr H. Coleridge.) 

Robert of Gloucester's Chronicle. Ed. Hearne (2nd ed., 1810). Cited by the 
page. (By Mr. H. Coleridge.) 

The Legend of St Brandan. Edited by Mr "Wright, for the Pprcy Society. 
(By the Rev. J. Eastwood.) 

The Life and Martyrdom of Thomas Belcet. Edited by Mr Black, for the 
Percy Society. (By the Rev. J. Eastwood.) 

(Owing to the gross inaccuracy of the marginal numbering in the 
printed edition of this poem, it has been found necessary to go over the 
whole afresh, and to cite according to the amended reckoning. The fol- 
lowing data will assist the reader : — The first error occurs in page 64, 
where the line numbered 1280 should be 1282. The second occurs in 
page 100, where ten lines are dropped, and 1961 is printed for 1973, the 
true number. The third will be found in page 110, where 2049 is made 
to succeed 2139, and after this, of course, the confusion is hopeless. The 
exact number of lines in the poem is 2515, while the printed numbers 
give only 2398. Readers are therefore requested to renumber their 
copies from page 64 onwards, before attempting to verify the references 
in the Glossary.) 

The following pieces will be printed in the second part of the Philological 
Society's Transactions for 1858, and are therefore included in the Glossary. 
I am indebted to the kindness of my friend and colleague, Mr Eurnivall, for 
the loan of his transcripts. 

A Moral Ode. MS. Egerton, 613. Cited by stanzas. 

(Hickes printed Extracts from this Ode, in his Thesaurus, vol. I. p. 
222, from one of the Digby MSS. ; but his text is somewhat different 
from that of the Egerton MS., and omits nine stanzas contained in the 
latter.) 

A Sermon (cited by stanzas), 

Signa Ante Judicium, 

A Fragment on the Seven Sins, 

The Ten Commandments, 

Christ on the Cross, 

A Poem on Miracles, containing a Tale of an Oxford Student, 

The Fall and Passion, 

The Legends of 
St Duns tan, 
St Katherine, 
St Andrew, 
St Lucy, 
St Swithin, 
St Edward, 
Pilate, 
Judas Lscariot, 

A few references will also be found to the Manuel des Pecches of Robert 
Bruune, now being edited by Mr Furnivall, for the Roxburgh Club, but the 



MS. Harl. 
913. 



from MS. Harl. 2277. 



LIST OF BOOKS AND EDITIONS REFERRED TO. Vll 

proof-sheets came into my hands too late to allow of anything like a complete 
analysis of the language of the poem. 



OTHEK WORKS REFERRED TO IN THE GLOSSARY. 

Burguy's Grammaire de la Langue d'O'il. 3 vols. 8vo. Berlin, 1856. The 
third volume contains an excellent Glossary. 

Cotgrave's French and English Dictionary, by Howell. 1650. 

Egilsson's Lexicon Poeticum Antiquae Linguae Septemtrionalis. Hafnise, 1854 
— 1859. One part is still wanting to complete the work. 

Halliwell's Provincial and Archaic Dictionary. 2 vols. 8vo. 1855. 
Kilian's Lexicon Teutonicum. Ed. Hasselt. 2 vols. 4to. 1777. 
La^imon's Brut. Ed. Sir E. Madden. 3 vols. 8vo. 1847. (Cited by 
volume and page.) 

The Ormulum. Ed. White. 2 vols. 8vo. 1852, 

The Philological Society's Transactions, from 1842 — 1856. 9 vols. 8vo. 

Roquefort's Glossaire de la Langue Romane. 2 vols. 8vo. 1808. 

A Volume of Vocabularies, forming vol. I. of a Library of National Anti- 
quities. Edited by "Wright. 1857. (Privately printed.) 

Warton's History of English Poetry. 3 vols. 8vo. Ed. 1840. 



LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS 



MADE USE OF IN THE GLOSSARY. 



Alys. 

AS. 

B. 


Kyng Alysaunder. 

Anglo-Saxon. 

The Life of Beket. 


P 


The Legend of St Brandan. 


comp. 
Cok. 
Cotgr. 
Dut. 


comparative. 

The Land of Cokaygne. 

Cotgrave. 

Dutch. 


Fall and P. 


The Poem on the Pall and Passion. 


Fr. Sci. 


The Fragment on Popular Science in the Lives of Saints 


Pr. 


French. 


Hall. 


HalliweU. 


HD. 


Havelok the Dane. 


Kil. 


Kilian. 


La^. 
L.P. 
lit. 

Marg. 
M. G. 


La^amon. 

Specimens of Lyric Poetry, ed. Wright. 

literally. 

The Life of St Margaret 

Mseso- Gothic. 


M. Ode. 


The Moral Ode. 


N. and Q. 
0. and N. 
ON. 


Notes and Queries. 
Owl and Nightingale. 
Old Norse. 


O.H. G. 


Old High German. 


Orm. 


Ormulum. 


part. 
Pol. S. 


participle. 
Political Songs. 


pret. 
Ps. 


prseterite. 
Psalm. 


Eel. S. 
EG. 


Religious Songs. 
Eobert of Gloucester. 


Eitson's AS. 


Eitson's Ancient Songs. 


Eoq. 

S. S. 


Eoquefort. 
Semi-Saxon. 


sb. 


substantive. 


sup. 
v. a. 


superlative, 
verb active. 


v. n. 


verb neuter. 


W. 


Welsh. 


Warton,H.E.P 


. Warton's History of English Poetry. 



GLOSSABIAL INDEX 



AC 



A, indef. art. RG. 367 

— =on. 0. and N. 20 
_=he. Alys. 7809 

— =and. HD.359 

— =one. Ps. liv. 14 
Aback, adv. RG. 131 
Abash, v. a. Alys. 224 

Abate, v. a. = put an end to, make to 

cease. RG. 54. Pr. abattre 
— v. n.=cea.se from doing a tiling. RG. 447 
Abay, v. a.=drive to bay. Alys. 3882 
Abbess, sb. RG. 370 
Abbey, sb. RG. 369 
Abbot, sb. RG. 376, 447 
Abece,=ABC. RG. 266 
Abed, adv. RG. 547 
Abelde, v. ».=become bold. Alys. 2442 
Abenche,=:on a bench. St. Kath. 91 
Abide, v. n. = remain, tarry. RG. 382. 

AS. bidan 
— v. a.=vrait for, hence receive. RG. 265, 

and 302, pret. 'abade.' Ps. xxxix. 2 
Abie, v. #.=pay for, pay the penalty for. 

[abigge] 1624. B. pret. f aboute.' 58 B. 

' abid/ O. and N. 1775. AS. a-bicgan. 

See Phil. Soc. Proc. vol. v. p. 33 
Abite, v. «.=bite. Alys. 7096 
Ablenie, v. #.=make blind. RG. 208 
Aboht, part. = bought. Wright's L. P. 

p. 103 
About, adv. = round about (of locality). 

RG. 369; ^eode aboute' 76 B. 
' about to,' with a verb, as a future 



part. 1593 B. 

= nearly. RG. 247 

-prep. = around, circum. RG. 467; 



[obout]. Ps. lxxvii. 28 

near (of time), f aboute noon.' 



Wright's L. P. p. 34 
Above, adv. 266 B. 
. prep. O. and N. 1492 



Abow, v. a. = make to bend. RG. 46. 

pret. < abuyde.' RG. 476 
v. «.= bow, 3s pres. c abueth.' RG. 

193. part. c abouynde.' RG. 302 
Abowes, sb. = patron saints. RG. 475. 

Pr. avoues 
Abraid, v. a. ■= open. O. and N. 1042. 

AS. abredan 
Abroad, adv. RG. 542 
Abrode, «(/y.=breeding, lit. e on brood.' 

O.andN.518. Pragm. on Seven Sins, v. 34 
Abusse, v. «.=ambush, conceal. 1382 B. 
Abuten, ^^.= without (sine). M. Ode, 

st. 43 
Ac, c0«/.=and, but. RG. 367 
Acast, part.= disappointed. Pol. S. 149 
Accord, v. #.=reconcile. RG. 388 

v. ».=agree. RG. 388 

**.=agreement. RG. 388, 447 

Account, v. n. = render an account or 

reckoning. Pilate 86 

s£.=reckoning. 164 B. Sermon, st. 24 

Accurse, v. a. RG. 296, 474 

Accuse, v. a. RG. 523. part. ' acoysing,' 

=accusing or accusation. Alys. 3973 
Acele, t?«.=seal. RG. 510. See Asele 
Ache, sb. = smallage or water-parslev. 

Wright's L. P. p. 26. Pr. ache 
Ache, v. n. RG. 240 pret. < ok.' RG. 208 
Acoled,=cooled. O. and N. 215 
Acomber, v. a. =encumber. Alys. 8025 
Acopede,=accused. See Aculp 
Acore, v. a. = make sorry, grieve. RG. 

75. part. f acorye,'= chastened, punished. 

RG. 390 
Acost, adv.=&t the side. Alys. 2443,3547 
Acquaint, v. a. RG. 15, 465 
Acquit, v. a. RG. 565 
Acton, sb. =a leathern jacket worn under 

the armour. Alys. 2153. Er. acoton. 

See Burguy s. v. 

1 



AC 



AG 



Acue, adv.=on his rump. Fr. au cul. 

Marg. 67 
Aculp, v. a. = accuse. RG. 544. pret. 

1 acopede.' 773 B. 
Adaunt, v. a. RG. 61, 372 
Aday, adv.=hj day. 0. and N. 219 
=of the day, 'a^en eve aday/ 'on 

the evening of the day? RG. 289 
Adder, sb. Alys. 5262 
Addle, «#.=rotten. O. and N. 133 
Adi^te, #.#.=adapt, prepare. O.andN. 326 
Admiral, sb. [amyrayl.] RG. 409. 

[admirald.] K. Horn 95 
Admonishment, sb. [amonestement]. 

Alys. 6974 
Adown, prep. [adun]. O. and N. 1452 

adv. RG. 376. 

Adownward, adv. RG. 362. Fragm, 

Sci. 321 
Adraw, v. a. = draw (as a sword). RG. 

361, pret. 'adrou.'=drew. RG. 400 
Adread, v. %.=fear, be in dread. O. and 

N. 1264 
adj.=in fear. Rel. S. iv. 2. part. 

'adrad.' 44 B. 
Adrench, v.a.=to drown, pret. 'adrentte.' 

RG. 384 
v n.=he drowned, pret. f adrent.' 

RG. 401. part. 'adrencte.' RG. 437. 

'adronke.' RG. 430 
Adri^e, v. #.=endure. K. Horn, 1068. 

AS. a-dreogan 
Adun, v. «.=stun. O. and N. 337 
Adun, <swfo.=adown, q. v. 
Advance, v. a. = set forward, promote. 

RG. 503 ; to advance a girl in marriage. 

RG. 431 
Advancement, sb. Alys. 2570 
Advent, sb. = the season of Advent. 

1849 B. 
Advice, sb. 101 B. 
Advowson, sb. [vowson]. RG. 471 
Adwole, adv.=in error. O. and N. 177. 

AS. dwelian, dwola 
Ae, adv. for * a^e,'=against. 1456 B. 
Afaitment, s£.=address, skill. Alys. 661 
Afare, part.=gone away. St Kath. 176 
Afaytye, v. #.=manage, reduce to sub- 
jection. RG. 177 
3 s pret. 'afighteth.' Alys. 6583. 

Fr. afaiter 
Afar, adv. 1226 B. 
Afaunce, = affiance ? Weber. Gl. ad 

Alys. 732 
Afear, v. «.=frighten. RG. 504, 22 
Afeard, adj. RG. 388 
Afell, v. a'.=M\, cut down. Alys. 5240 
Afeng, v. #.=take up, receive, pret. afong. 

RG. 368 



Aferd, j9#^.=affaired, i.e. charged with an 
affair to be executed. Alys. 1813 

Affair, sb. Alys. 410 

Affie, v. <z.=give confidence to a person. 
Alys. 4753 

Affirm, v. a. Alys. 7356 

Afighteth. See Afaytye 

Afiled,=defiled. Alys. 1064 

Afind, v. «.=find. 6. and N. 527 

Afmgred,^z/^.:=hungered. 416/3. Cf. 
' fyrst ' for c thirst,' ' frefownd ' for ' grey- 
hound;' and see Wright's Vocab. pp. 
250, 259, note 

Afire, adv. RG. 380, 541, 546 

Afoled, ^«r^.=befooled, made a fool of. 
O. and N. 206 

Afoot, adv. RG. 378 

Aforce, v. #.=force, compel. RG. 121. 
Alys. 789 

Aforeward, adv. = foremost, foreward. 
492 B. ; first of all. RG. 567 

Aforth, ^y.=forwards. O. and N. 822 

Afretie, v. «.=devour. Pol. S. 237, 240. 
AS. fretan 

Afte, *£.=folly? Pol. S. 210 

After, prep.=.m expectation of, ' after be- 
tere wynde hii moste ]>ere at stonde.' 
RG. 367 

of time, ' after Mydsomer.' RG. 



407 



•=like. Alys. 5418 

-=in ; ' after eche strete.' M. Ode, 



st. 117 

=< behind/ of place. RG. 398 

Afterblismed, = pregnant. Ps. lxxvii. 

70. AS. blosma=a bud 
Afterward, adv.=in the after part (of a 

book). RG. 6 
= next in order, afterwards. 

Wright's L. P. p. 24 _ 
Aftertale, s#.=:postscript. 627 B. 
Afterwending, sb. = following. Alys. 

7280 
Again, «^y.=iterum, a second time. RG. 

36 

:back again [a$e]. 147 B. 



Againbuy, v. #.=redeem, pret. 'agayn- 

boghte.' Ps. lxxiii. 2 
Againbuying, sb = redemption. Ps. 

xlviii. 9 
Againcall, v. a. Ps. ci. 25 
Againlook, v. a'.=look back upon. Ps. 

xxxiv. 3 
Againres, sb. = meeting. Ps. lviii. 6. 

[ogain raas]. Ps. xviii. 7 
Againsaw, sb. = contradiction. Ps. 

Ixxx. 8 
Againsaying, sb. = contradiction. Ps. 

cv. 32 



AG 



AL 



Against, prep. = contra, [a^]. 54 B. 
[;$m]. RG. 367. [ogaines]. Ps. lxxxii. 4 
-=opposite to, of place, [a^eyn]. 



EG. 6 



-=by the time that. Wright's 



L. P. p. 23 

-=in comparison with, [a^eynes]. 



Wright's L. P. p. 68 
Againstand, v. n. Ps. lxxv. 8 
Againturn, v. #.=return. Ps. lxxvii. 39 
Againward, adv. Ps. lxxvii. 57 
Againwend, v. ».=retreat, part, 'a^en- 

wendand.' Ps. lxxvii. 9 
Agast, v. #.=frighten. RG. 387 
«^/.=frightened. RG. 402. Alys. 

3912. MG. us-gaisjan. 
Age, s£.=s8eculum. RG. 9 
Agesse, vb. =. calculate on, expect. K. 

Horn, 1219 
Agin, v. ».=begin. 0. and N. 1287 
Ago, v. n.=go. 0. and N. 1451. part. 

' agonne.'=proceeded. RG. 561 
Ago,=gone, neglected. Pol. S. 197 
Agrame, v. #.=make angry. Alys. 3309 
Agrief, adv. Alys. 3785 
Agrill, v. #.=annov. [a-grulle]. 0. and 

N. 1108. AS. grillan 
Agrise, v. a. = terrify. RG. 463. pret. 

1 agros.' RG. 549. part. ' agrise,' = 

frightened. RG. 539. ' To agrise him,'= 

become furious. K. Horn, 895. AS. 

agrysan 
Aground, or ' alas:round,'=on the ground. 

RG. 378 
Alien, adj.=o\m. 0. and N. 1284. AS. 

agen 
Aheve, v. a.=llt. lift up ; hence, bring up, 

educate. Marg. 5. AS. a-hefan 
Ante, s5.=property, goods. Wright's L. 

P. p. 46. AS. arnt 
Ahwene, v. a.=vex, trouble. 0. and N. 

1562. AS. a-hwaenan 
Aino^e, adv.=anew. RG. 397 
Air, sb. 697 j3 

=airs, pride, vaunting. RG. 51, 397 

Aither,= either. 434 /3 

Aiware — Aihwar,= every where. O. and 

N. 216. Moral Ode, st. 42, ed. Hickes, 

but the Egerton MS. reads the verse 

" eiSer he mai him finde " 
Akelde, vb. a. pret.=cooled. The other 

reading is ' acoled,' q. v. RG. 442 
Aken, v. <z.=reconnoitre. Alys. 3468 
A knee, adv. = on the knees. 993 B. 

[aknawe]. Alys. 3540 
Alaboute, adv. 2258 B. Many other 

compounds of ' all ' are thus written as 

one word, where they are now generally 

disjoined, thus — ' alaground.' RG. 378 
b 2 



Alamed, part.=lame&. 0. and N. 1602 

Alas ! inter}. RG. 443 

Alast, ado.=ak last. Pol. S. 216 

Alb, sb-= clothing, lit. a white robe. RG. 

347. AS. albe 
Albidene, aeh.=hy and by. HD. 730. 

Wright's L. P. p. "61 
Albysi, £^b.=abotit, scarcely. RG. 81. 

The V. L. gives ' unnethe ' 
Alday, adv. = all the day. RG. 197 

= continually. RG. 92 

Aldeman, s£.=elder. Ps. civ. 22 
Aldest, = oldest. RG. 232 
Alderelde, sb. = extreme old age. Ps. 

lxx. 18 
Ale, sb. HD. 14 
Alegge, v. a.=to lay down, put down. 

1928 B. part. f aleyd.'= quelled, subdued. 

Wright's L. P. p. 105 
(of laws)=to annul. RG. 422. 

part. c aleyd.' RG. 144 

='to confute.' 0. and N. 394. AS. 

a-lecgan 
Alesen, v. a.=loose. Marg. 24 
Alight, v. «.=descend, alight. 1897 B. 

RG. 468. part. * alight.' RG. 433. AS. 

a-lihtan 
Alighting, sb. RG. 430 
Alisaundre, sb.= the herb alexander, or 

horse-parsley. Wright's L. P. p. 26. 

See the Prompt. Parv. s. v. 
Alive, adv. 67 B. See Gloss. Rem. to 

La^amon, p. 442 
Alike, adj. [iliche]. 1894 B. 

adv. 714 (5 

Alinlaz. See Anlace 

All, adj. RG. 373,=the whole 

RG. 371,=every one of a number 

gen. s. 'alles,' used adverbiallv,=very t 

entirely. RG. 17; 73 B. gen.pl 'aire,' 

1332 B. 'aller,'RG. 135 
All, adv. RG. 367, et passim 
Allerfurst,=first of all. Alys. 1569 
Allermost, adv. RG. 44 
Alliance, sb. RG. 89, 295 ; [enlyance]. 

RG. 12 
Allong,=during the whole of ; 'al longe 

day.' 403 B. 'allonge ni?t.' 595 
Allout, adv .^entirely. 1940 B. 
Ally, v. a. RG. 65 
Allyng, adv.=<mthe\y. RG. 48. AS. 

eallunga 
Almatour, s#.=:almoner. Alys. 3042 
Almesse, sb. = alms. RG. 330 
Almightand,= almighty. Creed. 33 
Almighty, adj. 1041 B. 
Almost, adv. RG. 389. Ps. cxviii. 87 
Almsdeed, sb. Rel. S. iv. 39 
Almsful, adj. 1676. B. 

3 



AL 



AN 



Almshede, sb. RG. 498 
Alnil,=and only ? Pol. S. 201 
Alond, adv. =on the land. RG. 389 
Alone, adj. 59 B. 
Along, #^7.=straight on, 'to go along.' 

Alys. 3410 

^lengthwise [o lonke]. Pol. S. 156 

Alothe, v. ^.=become loathsome. O. and 

N. 1275 
Alour, sb. = corridor. Alys. 7210. pi. 

'alurs.' RG. 192. Pr. ailer 
Alout, v. ?*.=bow. RG. 476 
Aire, gen. pi. of ' all/ forms numerons 

compounds with adjj . in the superlative 

degree, — thus, ' alre-hecst,'== highest of 

all. 0. and N. 687 ; ' alre-mest,' ib. 684; 

' alre-necst,' ib. 685 ; ' alre-wrste,' ib. 121 ; 

&c. &c. 
Als,=as". HD. 306,=as if. HD. 508 
Alsauf, adv. =wit\iou.t fail. RG. 391 
Also,=besides. RG. 369 

=as. RG. 561. HD. 1872 

=asif. HD. 468 

Alswa, adv.=dlso, in like manner. O. and 



N. 237 



i if. O. and N. 146 
2215 B. 

HD. 



182 



Wright's L, 



P. 



Altar, 

Altherbest,=best of all. 

Alto, adv. 99 B. 

Alumere, adj. =bright. 
p. 68 

Al^are, adv.= already. 917 B. 

Am, = them. Ps. v. 12 

Am, vb.=l& pret. of 'be.' 337 RG. 

Amad,^«r^.=amaied or dismayed. Alys. 
1749. K.Horn. 586 

=mad. Pol. S. 156 

Amaistre, v. a.=, reduce to subjection. 
Pilate 60 

Amanse, v. a. =curse. RG. 474. AS. 
amansumian, lit. to disjoin, hence to ex- 
communicate 

Amar, v. a. Rel. Ant. ii. p. 211 

Amarstle, v. «.=to stuff full? Wright's 
L. P. p. 111. AS. amsestan 

Ambesas, sb. = two aces, the lowest 
throw on the dice. Hence ' to caste an 
ambesas,' = to have bad luck, to fail 
in a thing. 492 /3. 450 B. See Roq. s. v. 
Ambezas 

Amblant, pari. rambling, Alys. 3462 

Ambush, sb. RG. 51 

v. a. [abusse] 1382 B. 

Amen, inter j. Wright's L. P. p. 51 

Amend, v. a. RG. 449, 391 

Amending, sb. = amendment. Alys. 7502 

Amendment, sb. RG. 404, 472 

Amere, adv. == bitterly, wrathfully. Alys. 
4427. Pr. ameir. Lat. amarus 



Amet, ^.=emmet, ant. RG. 296 ; ' amete 

hulle '=an anthill. RG. 296 
Amethyst, sb. Cok. 91 
Ameye, sb.=.a, mistress. Alys. 520. Pr.amie 
Amid, prep. =in the midst of. 1139 B. 
=with, 90 B. for 'mid.' 



Amidward, adv. Alys. 690 

Amiral. See Admiral. 

Amiss, adj. =z wrong. RG. 451 

Amiture, sb.= friendship. Alys. 3975 

Amone, v. a. = remember. Sign. 147. 

AS. gemunan 
Among, prep.=mter. 6 B. 
adv. = at intervals, O. and N. 6 



Amorrow, [amorwe] adv. = on the mor- 
row. 49 B. 

Amount, v. n. RG. 497=' vor it ne ssolde 
amounti no^t,'= because it would amount 
to or avail nought. So tlie prep, is omit- 
ted in Alys. 6020 

'That amounted fyve hundred thousand 
Knyghtis to armes, so Y fynde ' 

Amour, sb. clover. Alys. 951 

— = love. Alys. 4573 

Amty,= empty, RG. 17 

Amye, sb.=Mem\. Alys. 1834. Pr. ami. 

An, indef. art. = before a cons. RG. 537, 
' an stounde.' So also RG. 261 

— =and. q. v. 

— — on, ' an urthe ' 174 B. ' an honde ' 
=on hand. 71 B. This last phrase seem-s 
to have dropped the meaning of ' soon,' 
' now,' which it bears in Semi-Saxon. See 
Gloss. Rem. to La^amon, vol. iii. p. 474. 
' an hei '=on high. RG. 537. ' an hoker ' 
= with scorn. 710 B. ' an aunter ' = 
on adventure, i. e. in peril. RG. 311, an 
oniwar= at unawares 

— =one, in ace. ' anne.' RG. 223. 

An, v. #.=grant, allow, consent. O. and 
N. 1738. ' AS. unnan 

Analing, = annihilating? Alys. 2166. 
Sic. Weber in Gloss. Hall s. v. sug- 
gests ' avaling ' as the true reading = 
pulling down from their horses, which is 
probably correct 

Anarrow, v. a. = confine, cramp up; 
hence, dishearten ? Alys. 3346 

Ancestor, sb. 428 B. 



Anchor, 



HD. 521 



Ancre, sb. = nun. RG. 380 

And, conj. RG. 368 ; [an]. O. and N. 31. 

RG. 264 
Aneli, adj. = lonely. Ps. xxiv. 16 
Anente, prep. =^o^osite to, over against. 

Pragm. Sci. 241 
Anethered, part. = lowered, conquered. 

RG. 217 
Angel, sb. RG. 254, 255, 441 



AN 



AR 



Angrom, sb. = anguish. Ps. cxviii. 143. 

AS. ange 
Anguish, sb. RG. 172, 442 
Anguishous, adj. = full of anguish, 

RG. 157, 222 
Anhang, v. a. = hang up, 3 s. pres. 

' an-hoS ',' O. and N. 1644. pret. ' an- 

hung.' RG. 509. AS. an-hon 
Anhit, v. a. = hit, strike. RG. 185 
Anight, adv. = during the night. 681 B. 
Anilepi, adj. = one, single. HD. 2107. 

AS. sen-lipig'. Cf. c lepi ane.' Ps. xiii. 1; 

lii. 2, 4 
Anise, sb. Wright's L. P. p. 26 
Annoy, v. a. RG. 420, 487 ; part, arumid. 

RG. 550 

sb. [array]. 1618 B. 

Anness, $£.:= solitude. Ps. ci. 7; [anes]. 

Ps. liv. 8 
Anlace, [alinlaz] = a long knife worn at 

the girdle. HD. 2554 
Anleth, sb. = countenance. Ps. xxvi. 9. 

AS. andwlita 
Anon, adv. RG. 373. 
Anoniwar, adv. =at unawares. RG. 511 
Anonrightes, #£&;.:= immediately. Alys. 

824 
Another, adj. RG. 379, 444 
Anoven, adv. = above. K. Horn, 638 
Anoward, adv. upon. RG. 419 
Anstond, v. a. == stand. RG. 267 
Answer, vb. a. RG. 431 

— sb, RG. 500 

Anthem, [anteyn] sb. St Dunstan, 185 
Antre, 5^.=adventure. RG. 35 

v. #.=risk. Alys. 4265 

Any, adj. =' any thing.' 410 B. 

=any one [eny]. RG. 376 

Apair, v. #.=impair. St. Kath. 152 
Apayed,=:pleased. RG. 117, 1642 B. 

Fr. apaier, paier 
Ape, sb. Alys. 4344 
Apertly, ^.=openly. RG. 375 
Apeyre, v. a. ^impair. RG. 279 
Apli^t, «^y.=iromediately, at once. RG. 

511 

=faithfully ? Pol. S. 218 

Apoison, v.. a.=to poison. RG. 122 
Apostle, sb. RG. 70 
Appeal, sb. 602 B. 
Apple, sb. RG. 283 
Aprikie, v. «.=prick. RG. 553 
April, sb. Wright's L. P. p. 27 
Aquell, v. «.=quell or kill. Pol. S. 192. 

AS. a-cwellan 
Aquench, v. a. Rel. S. i. 10. part. 

'a-queynt'= quenched. Frag. Sci. 162. 

AS. acwencan 
Ar, ^.=oar. HD. 1776. AS. ar 



Ar, adv.=ere, before than. O. and N. 862. 

compar. ' erur.' O. and N. 1736. AS. air, 

aiiror 
Arape, adv.=in haste. Alys. 4239. Fr. 

araper. Lat. arripere. 
Arbalast, sb. RG. 377, 536 
Arbalaster, sb. Alys. 2613 
Arch, sb. RG. 415 
Archbishop, sb. RG. 367 
Archbishopric, sb. RG. 417 
Archdeacon, sb. RG. 468 
Archer, sb. RG. 199 
Architemple, = chief church. RG. 74 
Are, adj.=former. HD. 27 
Are, vb. [aren]. Wright's L. P. p. 34. 

See Be 
Arear, v. «.=raise up; hence ' build,' of 

a church. 320 B. ; to ' stir up,' as war. 

RG. 436 ; or dust. Alys. 4077 
Areason, v. #.=talk to. Alys. 6751 
Areche, v. «.=explain. K. Horn, 1258. 

AS. arecan 
Areche, v. n.= extend, reach onwards to 

a thing. Rel. Ant. i. 110 ; reach, St 

Andrew, 92. AS. areecan 
Aredde, v. «.=rid of. O. and N. 1569 
Arehwe, sb.=hwc. O. and N. 1714 
Arenk, adv.=in a rank or row. 2f 3 (3 
Are\i,sb.=fazr. O. and N. 1496. See Are} 
Arewe, adv.=m a row. RG. 252 
Arewe, v. #.=to rue. Pol. S. 188 
Are3, «#.=afraid. O. and N. 407. AS. 

earh 
Are^the, s5.=fear. O. and N. 404 
Arge, adj.=slow. M. Ode, st. 10. AS. 

earh 
Aright, adv. G. and N. 400 
Arise, v. n. RG. 369, 379. 3 s. pret. c aros.' 

RG. 560. 'arist.' Alys. 5760 
Ark, sb. Ps. cxxxi. 8 
Arm, adj. [areme]=poor, miserable. O. 

and N. 1160. AS. earm 
Arm, sb.=& limb. 2136 B. 
Arm, v. a. RG. 63, 511. part. ' y-armed.' 

RG. 386 
Armour, sb. RG. 397 
Arms, sb. 2087 B. 
Arn, v. n.=rxm, pret. 'arnde.' RG. 397. 

<orn,'2158B. See Urne 
Arnement, s£.=ink ? Alys. 6418. Lat. 

atramentum. Fr. attrament. Cotgr. 

This is Weber's conjecture, who refeis 

to the Sevyn Sages, v. 2776, ' as blak 

as ani arnement, 5 in confirmation. And 

see Rel. Ant. i. p. 302 
Arning,= destroying. Alys. 2165. Fr. 

arner=to enfeeble. Cotgr. 
Aroom, adv. = aside, out of the way. 

Alys. 1637 



Alt 



AT 



Arost, part. =roasted. Pol. S. 151 
Around, [aroun] adv.=in. circumference. 

Alys. 6603 
Arrive, v. n. RG. 371 
Arrow, sb. RG. 394, 398 
Arson, s£.= saddle. Alys. 4251. It is 

properly the bow of the saddle, from Pr. 

ars=arc, or bow 
Arst,=erst, first. EG. 389, 393 
Art, vb. O. and N. 642 
Art, sb. [ars]. Alys. 74, 737 
Arwe, adj.— arrant. Alys. 3340 
Aryhed,=laboured. Ps. cxviii. 27. AS. 

erian, pres. erige 
As,=ut. RG. 368 

— = where. RG. 555. St. Andrew, 16 
Asad, «#.=sad. Pol. S. 212 
Ascape, v. ^.=escape. Pol. S. 190 

v. #.=avoid. Alys. 3775 

Aschewele, v. a. = frighten. O. and N. 

1611. A 'shewel,' or 'shawel,' was a 

scarecrow. See 0. and N. 1646 
Aschend, v. #.=injure. 1356 B. 
Ascoff, #<afo.=scoffingry. Alys. 874 
Aseen, part.=seen. Alys. 847 
Asele, v. a. = seal. RG. 510. [acele.] 

RG. 496 
Asely,=: to absolve. RG. 360. See'assoiT 
Asenk, v. a. = drown, make to sink, pret. 

' asentte.' RG. 416 ; ' asencte.' ib. 489. 

Lapmon, iii. 19, has 'aseingde.' AS. 

sencan 
Aseven, adv.=m 7 parts. RG. 405 
Ashes, sb. [aske]. RG. 536. [axen]. 

Pol. S. 203 
Ash-wednesday. RG. 542 
Ashunche, v. a.=sh.un, detest. Wright's 

L. P. p. 38. AS. ascunian 
Asiwe, v. #.=:follow. Alys. 2494 
Ask, v.a. RG. 89. pret. 'ascode.' RG. 

550. 'askede' 
Aske, = ashes, q.v. 
Asking, sb. sprayer. Ps. xix. 7 
Aslawe, part.=s\am. RG. 317 
Asleep, adv. RG. 417, 547 
Asoke, vb. #.=forsook. K. Horn. 69 
Asluppe, vb.=slip away from. Wright's 

L. P. p. 38 
Asperant, adj.=ho\d. Alys. 4871 
Aspide, s£.=asp. Ps. xc. 13 
Aspill, v. «.=spill. 356 B. 
Aspy, #. #. part. ' aspie,' = aspied. RG. 

553 

v. n. RG. 549 

^.=spy. RG. 557 

Ass, sb. RG. 404 

Assail, v. a. [asayly]. RG. 394 ; part. 

' asayled.' RG. 387 
Assault, v. a. [asayly]. RG. 177 
6 



Assault, sb. [asayt]. RG. 380. [asaut]. 

RG. 409 
Assay, v. a. = essay, try. RG. 34. 

[a-syghe]. Alys. 3879 
Assemble, v. a. Pol. S. 188 
Assent, v. n. RG. 96 

sb. Alys. 1480 

Asshreynt, part. = caught, deceived. 

Alys. 4819. AS. ascrencan 
Assign, v. a. RG. 502. 347 B. 
Assize, 6'#.=judicial inquest. RG. 429 
sb. = commodities, goods. Alys. 

7074 
Assoign, vb. a.= excuse, hence as a legal 

term ' to put in a plea for delay and non- 
appearance.' RG. 539. Pr. essoiner 
sb.=& plea for non-appearance at 

a trial, [asoyne, a sothne]. RG. 539 
Assoil, v. «.=absolve. RG. 464, 501 
Assoiling, sb. RG. 501 
Assuage, v. a. 1454 B. 
Assumption, sb. (Peast of the). RG. 570 
Astand, v. ^.=stand still, delay, [astonde] 

1920 B. 3 pi. pret. 'astunte' RG. 546. 

'astynte' RG. 128 
Asteynte, part.= attainted. Alys. 880 
Astiune, sb.= a precious stone. Cok. 88. 

Probably the 'astios' of Plin. H. N. 

xxxvii. 48 
Astoned,= astonished. RG, 396 
Astore, v. #.=store (a place). RG. 375, 

385, 395 

^.^plentifully. Alys. 2110, 5002 

Astrangle, v. #.=to strangle. RG 342 
Astrengthy, v. a.= strengthen. RG. 342 
Astride, adv. Alys. 4445 
Astromyen, sb.= astronomer. Alys. 136 
Astronomy, sb. Alys. 137 
Astye, v. n. = move, or stir. RG. 317 

AS. astigan 
Asunde. See Aswunde 
Aswink, v. a. = swink for, earn by labour. 

1665 B. 
Aswunde, part. =won\ out, decayed. O. 

and N. 1478. 'asunde.' O. and N. 534. 

AS. aswindan 
At, adv.=hut. RG. 256, 372 
— with inf.=to. Ps. lxxvi. 16 ; lxxii. 23. 

ON. at 
—prep.=of time, 'at Alle Halwyn tide.' 

RG. 416 
— =of place, 'at Westmynstre.' 227 B. 
Atake, part.= taken. 1963 B. 
Atblenche, v. a. = shrink from, escape. 

Rel. S. v. 8 
Atbroide, part. = seduced ? O. and N. 

1378. AS. ast-bredan 
Ate. See Eat. 
Atell, v. tf.=reckon up. RG. 171 



AT 



AW 



Ateliche, adj.= hateful, foul. 0. and N. 

1123. AS. atelic 
Atfall, v. ».=fall. Rel. S. vii. 24 
Atfly, v. «.=flj away. O. and N. 37 
Atgo, p. ».=go away. Wright's L. P. pp. 

48,74 
Athel, .<?£.= nobleman? Wright's L. P. p. 
' 33. AS. aepel 

: — adj.— noble. O. and N. 632 

Atheling, s£.=nobleman. Rel. S. vi. 11. 

AS. sepeling 

thold, v. a.— 

O. and N. 392 
v. #.=hold still, remain faithful to. 

2 s. pres. 'athalst.' RG. 193 
Athrang, adv.=in a throng. Alys. 3409 
Atliree, adv. = in 3 parts. RG. 437 
Atour, adv.=mvmd about. Alys. 4511 
Atprenche, v. a. = deceive. O. and N. 

249, 812. ON. pretta, to deceive 
Atraht, for ' at-raft.'=reaved or snatched 

away. Wright's L. P. p. 37 
Atrute, v. #.=make a noise or disturb- 
ance. RG. 428. 0. and N. 1166. See 

Route 
Atscape, v. a. = escape. Wright's L. P. 

p. 75 
Atschet, vb. a. = burst ? 0. and N. 44. 

AS. sceSan 
Atschote, vb. a. jt?«r^.=shot, destroyed 

by a shot. O. and N. 1621. AS. sceotan 
Atsit, v. #.=withstand, oppose. RG. 174 
Atstand, v. <z.=withstand. RG. 44 
v. #.=stand, remain. 2375 B. 

pret. 'atstode.' RG. 355 
Attan,=at the, for ' at than.' 81 B. 
Atte,=at the. RG. 285 
Attercop, $6.=spider. 0. and N. 600. 

Lit. 'poison-cup.' AS. attor-coppa 
Attire, v. a. RG. 547 

« sb. Alys. 173 

Attorn, v. ».=return. RG. 419, 539 
Atwende, v. a. = put away, remove. O. 

and N. 1425 
Atwit, v. #.=twit. RG. 33. pret. 'atwiste,' 

ibid. AS. edwitan 
Atwo, ado. RG. 375 
Atyl, s£.=array, dress. RG. 51. Fr. teile, 

toile 

v. a.=array. RG. 191, 525 

Aunt, sb. RG. 571. Fr. ante, tante. 

Lat. amita 
Autors, s£.=ancestors. Alys. 4519 
Avail, v. #.=bring down, lower. 0. and 

N.1683. Fr. avaler 
Avail, v. #.=help, be of avail. Body and 

S. 188. Fr. valoir 
Avenant, disgraceful. Alys. 6333. 

Fr. avenant 



Avetrol, s£.=bastard. Alys. 2693. Fr. 

avoistre 
Aveyse, adj.=w&ry. Alys. 5261 
Avile, v. #.=render vile, with 'to.' RG. 

495 
Aviroun, «c?y.=round about. Alys. 2672. 

Fr. environ 
Avise, v. «.=advise, inform. RG. 547 
Avision, s£.=warning. RG. 255 

=vision. 1101 B. 

Avoi, adv.=&wa.y. 2061 B. 
Avoirdupois. Rel. Ant. ii. p. 175 
Avoth,=takes in, hear, from 'a-fon.' O. 

and N. 841 
Avoue, s£.=protector. Alys. 3160. See 

' Abowes ' 
Avowerie, s£.=help, patronage. Pol. S. 

189 
Await, v. <z.=wait for. Pilate 17 

= attend upon, observe. RG. 49 

Awake, v. n. = pret. ' awok.' RG. 15. 

Alys. 356 
Awaking, sb. RG. 557 
Awaped,= amazed, angered. Alys. 899. 

AS. wafian 
Aware, adj.=[iwsarj. 0. and N. 147 
Awarie, v. t a.=curse. Marg. 18. part. 

' awariede.' Rel. S. v. 137. AS. awarian 
Awarp, v. a. = cast away, render worth- 
less. Rel. Ant. ii. p. 210. AS. awerpan 
Away, adv. RG. 398 
Awaybear, v. a. Ps. xlv. 10 
Awayput, v. a. Ps. lxxxviii. 39 ; lxxxvii. 

15 
Awayward, adv. RG. 151 
Awaywerp, v. #.=reject. Ps. lxxvii. 60 
Awe, sb. [agh]. Ps. lxxxviii. 31 
Awe, v. a. = own, possess. HD. 1291. 

AS. agan 
Awede, v. n.=go mad. O. and N. 1382. 

pret. 'awedde.' RG. 162. part. 'awed,' 

=mad. 1488 B. AS. awedan 
Awend, v. n.=go. part. ■ awend,' 1240 B. 

AS. awendan 
Awene, v. a. — make to think or prompt ? 

O. and N. 1256. part. ' awene.' O. and 

N. 239. AS. wenan 
Awful, [aghful]. Ps. xlvi. 3 
Awfully, [aghfulli]. adv. Ps. exxxviii. 14 
Awfulness, [aghftdness.] sb. Ps. cxliv. 6 
Awhile, adv. 1243 B. 
Awille, «G?y.=pleasingly, ex voto. O. and 

N. 1720 
Awl, ^.=RG. 48. [owell. O. and N. 80. 

AS. tel 
Awlate, v. a. = disgust. RG. 485. AS. 

wlsetian 
Awonder, v. «.=cause to wonder. Alys. 

1408, 5513 

7 



AW 



BA 



Awreke, v, a. = avenge. RG. 391. 

pret. 'awrete.' ib. 135 
Awrothe, v. n. = become wroth, or evil. 

0. and N. 1276 
Awuste, v. a. pret.=knew. M. Ode, 9 
Axe, sb. RG. 490, 540 
Ay, sb.=egg. Alys. 568. pi. 'ayren,' Alys. 

4719. SeeEy 
Ayschelle, sb. = egg-shell. Alys. 577 
Aye, adv. = ever. 884 B. 
Ayke, v. #.=increase. Ps. civ. 24. AS. 

ecan 
Aysil, s£.=vinegar. Ps. lxviii. 22. AS. 

eisile. Germ, essig 
Azure, adj. Ritson's AS. viii. 37 
Art, adj. = noble. RG. 377, 183, 459. 

AS. sent 
Arte, ^.=ought. RG, 357 



B. 



Bac, 6r5.=a crown. Wright's L. P. p. 70. 

AS. beag 
Back, sb. HD. 556 

Backbite, v. a. Pol. S. 157. pret. * back- 
bate.' Ps. xxxvii. 21 
Backbiter, sb. Rel. S. vii. 25 
Bad, adj. RG. 108 
Badly, adv. RG. 566 
Baft, 5^.=the hinder part. Ps. lxxvii. 66. 

AS. bsefta 
Bag, sb. Pol. S. 150 
Bagful, sb. St Swithin, 57 
Bailiff, sb. RG. 473, 499. n. pi. 'baylis ' 

RG. 129 
Baillie, s£.=office, or dnty. 202, 355 B. 

^authority. Alys. 7532 

Bait, v.a. (a bear). HI). 1840. ON. beita 
Baker, sb. Rel. S. vii. 35 
Balance, s£.=donbt. RG. 200 
Bald, adj. [ballede]. RG. 377, 429 
Baldelicker,=bolder. St Swithin, 69 
Baldric, s£.=[baudry]. Alys. 4698. Pr. 

baldret. Lat. balteus 
Bale, s£.=woe. HD. 327. AS. bealu 
Baleful, adj. Wright's L. P. p. 53 
Bali,=belly. q. v. 
Ball, sb. Pragm. Sci. 89 
=head. Alys. 6481. Compare our 

modern slang c nob ' 
Balm, sb. [baum]. Wright's L. P. p. 35 
Baloynge,= smoothness ? Wright's L. P. 

p. 35. See Prompt. Parv. s. v. Balhew 
Ban, ^.=message. RG. 188 

=:troop, army. O. and N. 390 

v. #.=levy, or raise an army. O. and 

N. 1666 
Band, sb.z=chain, bond, [bende]. RG. 379 



Bandon, sb. = dominion, authority. 

Wright's L.P. p. 27. pi. bandons,= 

orders, commands. Alys. 3180 
Baneur, sb.= ensign-bearer. RG. 361 
Bank, sb, (of a river). Alys. 3495 
Banker, sb.=cloth. or covering for a bench. 

Ritson's AS. viii. 69. Pr. banquier. See 

Prompt. Parv. s. v. and Way's note 

there 
Banner, sb. RG. 541, 542, 402 
Banneret, sb.=& little banner. Alys. 5236 

=knight-banneret. RG. 551 

Baptize, v. a. RG. 86 

Baptizing, sb. RG. 86 

Bar, sb. HD. 1794 

Barbary, s#.=foreign lands. Ps. cxiii. 1 

Barbet, sb. =& hood, or muffler. Pol. S. 

154 
Barbican, sb. Alys. 1591. Pr. barbacan. 

Vid. Roq. s. v. ; and see Phil. Soc. Proc. 

vol. iii. p. 156 
Bare, sb.=tree. O. and N. 56. ON. Barr 
Bare, adj.= naked. RG. 514 

.=mere, single. M. Ode, 70 

= destitute, impoverished. RG. 511, 

388 
Barefoot, adj. RG. 434 
Baret, sb.= quarrel. O. and N. 408. HD. 

1932. ON. baratta 
Barge, sb. Alys. 852 
Bark, v. n. Alys. 1935 
Barking, sb. Alys. 4966 
Barm, sb. = yeast. Rel. S. vii. 30. AS. 

bearme 4 

Barm,=bosom. K. Horn. 728. AS. bearm 
Barman, s#.=kitchen-porter. HD. 868. 

See f bermannen,' in Gloss, to 1^3. 
Barmhatres,=:breast-cloths. Rel. Ant. 

ii. p. 176. AS. bearm, hseter 
Barn, sb. RG. 496 
Baron, sb. RG. 369, 511 
Baronage, sb. [bamage]. HD. 2947 
Barony, s£.=estate of a baron. RG. 479 

= order of barons. RG. 535 

Barrel, sb. Alys. 28 
Barrow, s£.=:wheel cart. 899 B. 
Baru, sb.—& gelt boar. RG. 207 
Basilisk, sb.=& kind of serpent. Ps. xc. 

13 
Basin, s£.=helmet. Pol. S. 189. Alys. 

2333. Fr. bacinet 
Basnet, sb. =a light helmet. Alys. 2234 
Bast,=bastard. RG. 431, 516. Always 

preceded by e a ' 
Bastard, adj. RG. 412 
Baston, sb. =a land of verse. Rel. Ant. 

•ii. p. 175 
Bat, $£.=club. Alys. 78 
Batchelor, sb. RG. 453 



BA 



BE 



Batchelry, sb.= order of batchelors, the 

youth. RG. 76 

= prowess. RG. 192 

Bate, v. «.=-raake to abate, put an end to. 

Bodv and Soul, 167 
Bath," sb. RG. 7 
Bathe, v. a. Alys. 2708 

v. n. Rel. S. v. 210 

Battailing, s£.=fighting. Alys. 100 
Battailer, [batelur], sb. = warrior. Alvs. 

1433 
Battle, sb. RG. 369, 514 
Baudekyn, sb.=& stuff made of silk and 

gold, so called from Bagdad, Ital. Bal- 

dacco, where it was made. Alys. 202 
Bawmed,=embalmed. Alys. 4670 
Bay, v. a. = listen to, render fortunate. 

Wright's L. P. p. 27. Fr. bayer. Yid. Roq. 

v. «.=to bait (a boar), pret. 'bede.' 

Wright's L. P. p. 27 

sb. = baiting, ' bay of bor.' Alys. 

4376 

Bay,=boy. Alys. 4376 

Be, v. n. 402 B. [beo], 403 B. [beon], 
404 B. [bonl, O. and N. 262. [ben], 
Wright's L. P. p. 24. [buen], ib. p. 25 

— pres. ind. Is. 'am. 5 O. and N. 276 

2s. 'art.' O. and N. 561. 

f is.' Ps. 1. 6 
3s. 'is.' O. and N. 570. 

'esse.' Ps. xci. 16. 'bes.' 

Ps. cxlvi. 10 ; cxxvii. 2 
lpl. 'buen.' Wright's L. P. 

p. 25 
3 pi. 'aren.' Wright's L.P. 

pp.34, 22; 'both.' O. and 

N. 568. 'beth.' RG 368. 

'beoth.' 411 B. 

— pres. subj. 2 s. 'bo.' O. and N. 566 

3 s. 'bo.' O. and N. 1376. 

'beo.' O. and N. 1531 
3 pi. 'be.'RG.369. 'bo.' O. 

and N. 567 

— pret. ind. Is. 'wes.' Wright's L. P. 

p. 97 
3 s. ' wes.' Wright's L. P. p. 

25. 'was.' RG. 374 
3 pi. 'were.' Rel. S. v. 178 
—pret. subj. 2 s. 'were.' O. and N. 1312 
3 s. 'were. 5 O. and N. 1299 
3 pi. 'were.' RG. 374 

— imper. sing. ' be.' Wright's L. P. p. 97 
— part, 'ibeo.' 434 B. 

Beadle, sb. HD. 266. [budel.] Wright's 

L.P. p. 22. pl'bedeles.' 987 B. AS. bydel 

Beam, sb. RG. 288 



Bean, 



RG. 497 



Bear, sb. (the animal). HD. 573 
Bear, v. «.=incline towards. 362 B. 



Bear, v. a.=carry. RG. 375. pret. 'bar.' 

224 B. 

= pay, render. RG. 378 

= produce (as fruit). RG. 352 

= bring forth a child, part. ' i-bore.' 

RG. 516. O. and N. 716 
Beard, sb. 611 ft 
Bearing, s£.=birth. Alys. 636 
Beast, sb. RG. 375, 376 
Beat, v . a. HD. 2763. RG. 453. 3 pi. 

pret. 'beoten.' StAndr. 69. part. 'bete' 

= beaten, of gold. Wright's L. P. p. 35 
Beauty, sb. [bealte]. Wright's L. P. 

p. 53 
Beaver, sb. M. Ode, 182 
Bebled,z= covered with blood. Alys. 3S43 
Beck, s£.=brook. Ritson's AS. viii. 63 

AS. becc. Germ, bach 
Beck, v. ?z.=beckon. Ps. xxxiv. 19 
Beckon, [bocken] v. n. Pol. S. 149. AS. 

becnan 
Beclip, v. «.=embrace. RG. 469. Alys. 

7416. AS. beclyppan 
Becoll, v. a.= blacken, pret. 'becolmede.' 

K. Horn, 1096. AS. col 
Become, v. n. = come into existence. 

RG. 15 

■ ==suit a person, with 'to.' RG.36 

Bed, sb. RG. 377 

= bedfellow. O. and N. 1498 

Bed, v. a. HD. 1237 



Bedag, 



= bedew with mud ; part. 



•bydagged.' Alys. 54S5. OX. dogg. 

Sw. dagg.=dew. Not connected with 

'dagged'=cut into slips; yandyked, as 

applied to clothing, which comes from 

AS. dag 
Bede, v. #.=pray. RG. 547. 2 s. pres. 

'byst.' RG. 337. 3s. 'bit.' O. and N! 

571. 3 pi. pret. 'baden. 5 Ps. cv. 19 

= offer. Ps. lxxi. 10 

sb =prayer. RG. 571 

Bedgang, s£.=going to bed. Ps. liv. 3 
Bedsister, ^.=concubine. RG. 27 
Bedyner, 5^.=serrant, officer. Wright's 

L. P. p. 49. Germ, bedienen 
Bee, sb. Ps. cxvii. 12 
Beech, sb. Alys. 5242. [breche]. O. and 

N. 14 ? Compare for the insertion or 

omission of the r, AS. ' spraecan,' Engl. 

'speak,' 'gin' and 'grin' or 'grinew, 5 

' groom ' and AS. ' guma ' 
Beef, sb. Alys. 5248 
Beer, sb. [bor]. 0. and N. 1009 
Befal, v. n. pret. 'bivel.' RG. 556 
Before, prep. — of place. RG. 443 

adv. — of time. RG. 443. [biforen]: 



Wright's L.P. p. 24 

=forewarct, onward. 0. and N. 774 

9 



BE 



Beget, v. 0.=obtain. 0. and N. 726. 
RG. 516 

=procreate. RG. 516. part. c by3yte.' 

RG. 388 

Begetting, sb. Alys. 6866 

Beggar, sb. Body and Soul, 139 

Begin, v. n. RG. 380 

Beginning, sb. RG. 384 

= (of a country.) RG. 399 

Begon, part.=- adorned, or covered with. 
Ritson's AS. viii. 35. Cf. 'woebegone' 

Begrown, part, [bi-growe]. 0. and N. 27 

Beguile, v. a. K. Horn, 328 

Ben. See Bow, vb. 

Behalve, v. a. = divide into two parts. 
HD. 1834 

Behead, v. a. Pol. S. 213 

Behest, sb. RG. 231 

Behind, prep. O. and N. 594 

adv. RG. 395 

Behind, s#.=rump. 0. and N. 596 

Behold, v. #.=hold in the hand. O. and 
N. 1323 

j v. n.=look up. RG. 395 ; have re- 
gard. Ps. v. 3 

a. Wright's L. P.p."' 



Behoof, sb. RG. 348. [byef J?e], ib. 354 
Behote, s#.=vow. Ps. cxv. 14 
Behave, v. ^.=RG. 177. Ps. cxiv. 18 
Beigh, s#.=ring. Alys. 1572. AS. beag 
Beigh, v. a.=how, bend. Alys. 4373 
Being, s#.= condition. Alys. 223 
Beknow, v. a.=make known. Alys. 7472 

i =know thoroughly. Rel. S. i. 31 

Belde, v. «.=protect? Wright's L. P. p. 24 

Belie, v. a. 0. and N. 837 

Belay, v. a. = besiege. RG. 519 

Belief, sb. = religious faith. RG. 73 

Believe, v. n. RG. 229 

Belive, or Blive,= quickly. RG. 50. SS. 

' bilife.' Cf. Dan. ' oplive,'=to quicken, 
! enliven, and the two senses of our Eng. 

' quick ' 
Bell, sb. RG. 509, 541 
Belly, sb. [bali]. Rel. S. v. 83 
Bellows, sb. [btdies]. 467 j3 
Belock, v. #.=lock up. 3 s. pres. c bi-luth.' 

O. and N. 1555. pret. 'bi-leck.' 0. and 

N. 1079. part. <bi-loken.' Rel. S. vii. 68 
Beine, s£.=trumpet. Wright's L. P. p. 25. 

AS. beme 
Bemoan, v. a. [bimene]. RG. 490 
Bemoaning, sb. [bymening]=complaint. 

Alys. 534 
Bemothered,= confused, perplexed. Pol. 

S. 158. Cf. Engl. prov. to 'mither'= 

to bother, perplex (the i is pronounced 

lon<*). Probably connected with AS. 

mede= weary j Dutch, moeden 
10 



Bench, sb. Body and Soul, 153. [bink]. 

Ritson's AS. viii. 69 
Bend, v. a. RG. 377, 536 
Bende, s6.=bond. RG. 379 
Bene, s£.=prayer. Wright's L. P. p. 58. 

AS. ben 
Beneath, prep. 0. and N. 910 

adv. RG. 258, 491 

[bi nither] = beyond, without. 



HD. 2025 
Benim, v. #.=take away. RG. 375, 405, 

443 
Benison, sb. HD. 1723 
Bequeath, v. a. RG. 301 
Bequest, sb. [byquide]. RG. 384 
Berain, v. n. K. Horn, 11 
Berand, sb. = singing, sounding. Ps. 

xxvi. 6. See Bere 
Bere, s#.=sound, voice. Alys. 550. 0. and 

N. 923. [ibere]. 0. and N. 222. SS. 

ibere. La^. iii. 25 
Bereave, v. a. Wright's L. P. p. 101 
Berfreyes, sb. =towers used in sieges, 

belfries. Alys. 2777 
Berihed,=saved. Creed 63. Ps. xxvii. 9. 

AS. berigea, beorgan 
Beryhing, s#.=protection. Ps. xxvii. 8 
Berip, v. «.=strip (fruit off a tree). Ps. 

lxxix 13 
Bern, k=ehild. Wright's L.P.pp. 23,58 
Berne, v. #.=injure ? K. Horn, 710 
Berun, part. =o\erftowe& (with tears). K. 

Horn, 670 
Berwen, v. «.=defend, protect. HD. 697 

2022. AS. beorgan. 
Beryl, sb. Wright's L. P. p. 25 
Beryng, sb. = bosom. Alys. 484. ON. 

bringa 
Beryng, sb. = burying, q. v. 
Besee, v. «.=provide for, see to. RG. 393, 

505. Ps. v. 2 ; treat, 3 pi. pret. 'bysayen.' 

Alys. 4605 
Beseech, v. a. RG. 480. 3 s. pres. 'bi- 

sehth.' O. and N. 1437 
Beseeching, sb. Ps. cxviii. 159. Wright's 

L. P. p. 95 
Beseem, v. #.=make to appear seemly or 

probable, in part. 0. and N. 840 
Besekandlik,=able to be besought, pro- 
pitious. Ps. cxxxiv. 14 
Beset, v. a. RG. 387 
Beshine, v. n. K. Horn, 12 

v. a. Eragm. Sci. 18 

Beshit, v. a. — part. * bishiten.' Alys. 5485 
Beshrew, v. a. = curse. Rel. Ant. ii. 

p. 211 
Beside, prep, of place, 'a toun biside 

Wircetre.' RG. 558 
adv. of place, ' ther biside.' RG. 558 



BE 



BI 



Beside, = in addition to. RG. 92 
Besiege, v. a. RG. 387 
Besmut, v. #.=defile. Ps. liv. 21 
Bespeak, v. a.— speak against a thing. 

RG. 524, 550. AS. be-sprsecan 
= agree npon a thing. O. and N. 

1736 
Besprinkle, v. a. RG. 128 
Best, adj. RG. 370, 504 
Bestead, part, [bistad] = happened. 

Wright's L. P. p. 41 
Bestir, v. a. Alys. 3079 
Bestrew, v. a. — part, 'bistrete.' RG. 561 
Bestride, v. a. HD. 2060. Alys. 706 
Beswike, v. a. = deceive. Wright's L. P. 

p. 45. AS. be-swican 
Bet, adj.=hetter. RG. 375, 546 
Bet, v. #.=lay a wager, part. c y-bate.' Pol. 
Bet of berne,=probably 'in labonr with 

child.' Marg. 53, 71. AS. beatan? 
Betake, v. <z.=take. RG. 526 
= give in charge to a person, i.e. 

canse another to take. RG. 201, 354; 

so 'was bitake fonr erles,'=was given in 

charge 'to fonr earls.' RG. 523 ; see p. 

301. Hence = commend to a person, 

RG. 475; 'hand over to another,' HD. 

203. AS. be-tsecan 
Betaught, [bi-tahte] = tanght. Rel. S. 

v. 124 
Bete, v. a. lit. = ' make better ; ' hence, 

'heal,' 'save.' Marg. 68 
=' recompense,' 'make amends for.' 

RG. 369. AS. betan 
Bete, p#r^.=beaten. Vid. Beat 
Beten, [ y-beten ] = overlaid, covered, 

as with silk, gold, &c. Alvs. 1034, 

1518 
Beth, Beoth, &c. See Be 
Bethink, v. #.='to bethink oneself' of a 

thing. RG. 368, 458 
Betide, v. rc.=happen. RG. 418, 14 
Betime, ado. K. Horn, 995 
Betoken, v. a. RG. 152 
Betokening, sb. RG. 560 
Betray, v. a. RG. 135 
Better, adj. RG. 367, 422 

v. n. — get the better. Ps xii. 5 

Betterness, sb. Ps. li. 5 
Between, prep. RG. 371, 543 
Betwixt, prep, [bi-tnxen]. O. and N. 

1745 
Beverage, sb.= drink. RG. 26 

= reward, consequence. RG. 299 

Bewail, v a. Alys. 4395 
Beware, v. n. RG. 547 
Beweep, v. a. O. and N. 972 
Bewind, v. a.= entwine, part, 'be wound.' 

Christ on the Cross, 3 
c 2 



Bewray, v. «.=betray [by-wrye]. Alys. 

4377. pret. ' bi-wro.' O. aud N. 673. 

AS. wregan. 
Beyen,=are ? Wright's L. P. p. 32 
Beyond, prep. RG. 368, 420 
■Beyre,=of. both, gen.pl. RG. 388,398 
Bezant, sb. =a piece of money. RG. 409. 

From Byzantium, or Constantinople, 

where they were originally used 
Bible, sb. Rel. Ant. ii. p. 174 
Bicast, v. #.=cast over, cover. 92 (3 
Bicatch, v. a.= deceive, ensnare. Alys. 

258. K. Horn, 318 
Bicharred, part. = deceived. Rel. Ant. 

ii. p. 211 ; M. Ode, 160. AS. becyrran 
Bicherme, v. a.=. chirp about or around. 

O. and N. 279. AS. cyrm 
Bick, v. *.=fight. Alys. 2337 
Bicker, v. n. == quarrel. RG. 540. Fr. 

becquer. W. bicra = to fight 
Bicker, sb.=& quarrel, contention, battle. 

RG. 538, 543 
Biclipe, Biclupe, v. #.=accuse. 365 B. 

= appeal. RG. 473 

Biclose, v. «.=enclose. RG. 558, 218 
Bid, v. a. = ask. RG. 77. 3 pi. pret. 'bad- 
den.' Alys. 5823. See 'bede' 
= command. RG. 29. pret. ' bad.' 

683 B. part, 'y-bede.' RG. 383. AS. 

bid dan 
Bid, v. 0.=offer. pret. ' bode.' RG. 379. 

' beod ' ? O. and N. 1435. AS. beodan 
Bid, ^.=asking, demand. Pol. S. 149 
Bidding, sb.= demand, request. Pol. S. 

150 
Bide, a. #.=remain. Pol. S. 204 
Bidene, adv.= presently. Ps. 1. 4 ; ciii. 30 
Bidelve, v. a.=bmj. Rel. Ant. i. 116 
Bidone,^#r^.='bidun in grave.' Body 

and Soul, 97 
Bier, sb. 128 B. 
Bieren, sb. = a man. Ps. cxxvi. 5; 

cxxxix. 2. AS. beorn 
Biflette, v. «.=flow past. K. Horn, 1457 
Birluen, v. a. = flee from. M. Ode, 77 
Big, v. a. = build. Ps. xxvii. 5. AS. 

byggen. ON. byggja 
Bigabbed, part. = deceived. Lit. 'talked 

over.' RG. 458. AS. gabban 
Bigate, *0.=booty. Alys. 2138 
Biggand, sb.=a builder. Ps. cxvii. 22 
Biglide, v. n. Wright's L. P. p. 87 
Bigrede, v. #.=lanient. Alys. 5175. AS. 

grsedan. 
= call to. O. and N. 279 



Bihaite, v. a.=behold ? O. and N. 1 320. 
AS. behawian. Or, possibly,=observe, 
regard. AS. hedan. Germ, behiiten. 
See Gloss. Rem. on La^. iii. 457 
11 



n 



BI 



BL 



Bihalves, adv. = aside. St Kath. 13 
Bihede, v. «.=regard. 0. and N. 635 
Bihemmen, v. #.=cover, cloak. 0. and 

N. 672 
Bihepe, ;?tfr*f.=heaped up. 0. and N. 360 
Bihete, v. a. = promise, pret. 'bihet.' 

RG. 381. 'byheyghte.' Alys. 3926 
Bihoting, sb. = promise. Alys. 4000 
Bike, s#.=cassia. Ps. xliv. 9" Literally 

'pitch.' ON. bik 
Bilace, part.=beset. Alys. 3357 
Bilaue. See Bileve 
Bilaucte. See Bilou 
Bilede, v. #.=lead about. Pol. S. 155. 

0. and N. 68 
Bilegge, v. a. = assert, allege. 0. and N. 

672 
Bileve, v. #.=leave. RG. 421 
v. ».=remain. RG. 372, 374. [bi- 
laue]. Alys. 3541 
Biliked, part. = rendered likely or proba- 
ble. 0. and N. 840 
Bilime, v. a.=to mutilate. RG. 471, 560 
Bilixnp, v. n. = happen. M. Ode, st. 59 

AS. belimpan 
Bill, sb. (of a bird). 0. and N. 79 

=hatchet. Pol. S. 151 

Bilou, pret. =lRughed at. RG. 328. [by- 

laucte]. K. Horn, 681. [by lowe]. RG. 

299. [by I0W3]. RG. 64 
Bimong, prep. = among. Wright's L. P. 

p. 35 
Bind, v. a. Wright's L. P. p. 45. part. 

'ibounde.' RG. 487 
Binder, sb. HD. 2050 
Binding, s£.=chain. Ps. cxxiv. 5 
Bink, sb. See Bench 
Bipahte, pret.= deceived. Rel. S. v. 128. 

AS. be-pseean 
Birade, v. #.=counsel. Alys. 3732 
Birch, sb.=the tree. Alys.^5242 
Bird, sb. RG. 177 
Birde, s£.=lady. HD. 2760. A metathesis 

of ' bride ' 
Birst,=bruised. Body and Soul, 86. AS. 

berstan. 
Birth, sb. = nation. Ps. lxxviii. 10 
Birthman, s6.=man of good birth. HD. 

2101 
Birthtiine, sb. [burtyme]. RG. 9, 443 
Birue, v. a. = rue, repent. Pragin. Sci. 

325 
Bis, sb. = purple. Wright's L. P. p. 26. 

Fr. bis. Lat. byssus 
Bisay, v. «.=recommend, say. RG. 422 
Bisayen, = treated. See Besee. 
Bischriche, v. «.=shriek at. 0. and N. 

67 
Biscunien, v. a. = shun. M. Ode, 77 
12 



Bise, *i.=north wind. HD. 724. OHG. 

bisa 
Bisend, v. #.=send after. RG. 491 
Bishop, sb. RG. 376 
Bishopric. RG. 414, 417 
Bismere, s#.=blasphemy. Body and Soul, 

110. [busemere]. RG. 12, '379. AS. 

bismer 
Bisne, adj.=zhlm&. 0. and N. 78. AS. 

bis en 
Bisoht,= sought out, got ready for. Pol. 

S. 220 
Bisokne, s£.:=beseechmg. RG. 495 
Bispel, *#.=proverb. 0. and N. 127. AS. 

bispel 
Bistad, sb. =a dwelling. Wright's L, P. 

p. 38 
Bistand, v. «.=stand by a person ; hence, 

to press or urge them. 0. and N. 1436 
Bistolen, part. = stolen, crept onwards. 

M. Ode, 9 
Bisyhed, = the state of being busy. 

Alys. 3 
Bit, s£.=a morsel. RG. 207 
Bit, sb. = bottle. Ps. lxxvii. 13. [bite]. 

Body and Soul, 34. AS. bitte 
Bitch, sb. Alys. 5394 
Bite, v. a. Alys. 5435 
Bite, sb. Alys. 5436 
Bite, p.(*.=driiik. HD. 1731. Cf. bohem. 

' piti,' potus; c pitka/ potatio, &c. Gr.. 

7TIJ/W 

Bitell, v. #.=excuse. 0. and N. 263 
Biti$t,=arrayed. and N. 1011. AS. 

bi]>eeht. See Gloss, to La^. s. v. 
Bit0|9,= employed. O. and N. 702. AS. 

biteon. See Gloss, to La^. s. v 
Bitter, adj. Wright's L .P. p. 87 
Biturn, v. #.=turn. RG. 210 
Bituxen. See Betwixt. . 
Biwene, v. a. = discover, recognize. 0. 

and N. 1507 
Biwente, vb. — ' hire bi-wente.'=turned 

her about. K. Horn, 329. In pass, 'bai 

bewent '= let them be turned back. Ps. 

vi. 11. A3, wendan 
Biwere, v. #.=protect. 0. and N. 1124. 

AS. bewerian 
Biweved,= covered. RG. 338. 

= woven ? Alys. 10S5 

Biwin, v. a.=wm. RG. 75, 420 
Biwit, adv.=out of one's wits. RG. 528 
Biwite, v. a. = defend. Rel. S. v. 252. 

AS. bewitan 

= know ? Alys. 5203 

Biwrye, v. ff.=cover. Alys. 6453. AS. 

wreon. 
Black, adj. RG. 433, 522 
Blacken, y «.=become angry. HD. 2165 



BL 



BO 



Blame, v. a. RG. 163 

sb. RG. 272, 432 

Blandishing, sb. = blandishments. St 

Kath. 164 
Blanis ? Alys. 6292 
Blanket, sb. 1167 B. Fr. blanchet 
Blast, v. #.=:blow, puff. Alys. 5349 
Blast, sb. Fragm. Sci. 190. Ps. cxlviii. 8 
Blaze, sb. 1254 HD. AS. bla3se, blysan 
Blear, v. n. = become bleareyed. Rel. Ant. 

ii. p. 211 
Bleat, v. n. Ps. Ixiv. 14 
Bled, blete, -^.^foliage. 0. and N. 1040, 

57. AS. bhed 
Bleed, v. n. RG. 560 
Bleike, adj—^le. HD. 470. AS. blac. 

ON. bleikr 
Blench, sb. = a trick ? 0. and N. 373. 

ON. blekkja 
Blench, v. ?i, = avoid (a thing). 0. and 

N. 170 

= £inchfrom [blinche]. 2184 B. 

= deceive. Ritson's AS. viii. 23 



=give wav ? (of a ship) K.Horn, 

1461. Another form of 'flinch.' AS. 

blinnan 
Bleo, sb. = hue, complexion. 0. and N. 

152. Wright's L. P. p. 35. AS. bleo 
Bless, v. a. RG. 406 
Blessing-, sb. RG. 421 
Blete, «f//.=bleak ? 0. and N. 616 
Blete, sb. See Bled 
Blike, v. #.=shine. Wright's L. P. p. 52 

AS. blican 
Blinch. See Blench 
Blind, adj. RG. 376, 407 
v. n. = become blind. Rel. Ant. ii. 

p. 211 
Blink, sb. 'to make blinks/^ deride a 

person. HD. 307. See Blench, sb. 
Blin, v. ;2.=cease. RG. 566. pret.' blenvte.' 

RG. 338. AS. blinnan 
Bliss, sb. RG. 469 
Blissful, adj. Wright's L. P. p. 52 
Blissfully, adv. Ps. xcvi. 1 
Blithe, adj. RG. 15 
Blithely, adv. 89 13. 
Blitheful. Ps. cxi. 5 
Blive, adv. = quickly. RG. 544. See 

Belive 
Blode, adj. == pale, dried up. Rel. Ant. 

ii. p. 210. Germ, blode 
Blood, sb. RG. 388, 416 
Bloody, adj. RG. 304, 311 
Bloom, sb. HD 63 
Bloom, v. n. Ps. xxvii. 7 
Blote, adj. = dried. Rel. Ant. ii. p. 176 
Bloute, v. n. = swell out ? HD. 1910. 

ON. blautr. Eng. bloat 



Blow, v. a — as 'blow the fire.' HD. 385. 

Alys. 5630 

v. n. pret. 'blew.' 524 (3 

Blow, vb. n. part. ' blowe,' = blown, in 

blossom. 0. and N. 1634 
Blowing, sb. 467/3 
Blue, adj. [blo]^ Wright's L. P. p. 86 
Bo,=be. O. and N. 166, et passim. See Be 
Bo, = both. q. v. 
Boar, sb. RG. 133 
Board, s£.=table. 122/3.; plank. Alvs. 

6415 
Boast, sb. RG. 258. pomp. St Swithin, 43 
Boast, v. n. Alys. 2597 
Boasty, adj. =b6astful. Pragm. Sci. 283 
Bobance, sb. = boasting. Pol. S. 189. 

Fr. bobance 
Bochevampe, (sic in MS.). = botched 

vamps or fronts of shoes. Rel. Ant. ii. p. 

176 
Bode, sb.= commandment. Ps. cxviii. 134, 

128, et passim 
Bode, v. «.=foretell. 0. and N. 530 
Boded ? Pol. S. 152 
Boding, sb. RG. 416, 428 
Bodeword, s#.=messa2:e. Ps. ii. 6 
Body, sb. RG. 395, 547 
Boning, ^swelling or puffing. RG. 414. 

Fr. buffer, to puff the cheeks 
Boistous, #d/.=coarse, rude. Alys. 5660. 

[boustes]. Fragm. Sci. 273 
Bold, sb.=a building. RG. 44. AS. bold 
Bold, v. 0.=embolden. Alys. 2468. [bald]. 

Ritson's AS. viii. 128 

adj. RG. 383. 'bolder.' RG. 465 

Boldhede,= boldness. 0. and N. 514 

Boldly, adv. RG. 500, 19 

Boleax, sb. = large axe. Rel. Ant. ii. p. 

176. ON. boloxi 
Bolken, v. ».=belch. Ps. cxliii. 13 
Bollen, = swollen. Body and Soul, 31. 

' ibobe.' 0. and N. 145 
Bolster, sb. Rel. S. v. 90 
Bolt, sb. c 20ure bolt is sone ischote.' St 

Kath. 54 
Bonde, s#.=bondman. Pol. S. 150 
Bondman. RG. 370. HD. 32 
Bone, sb.=os. RG. 446 
Bone, *5.=prayer. RG. 14. AS. ben. SS. 

bone 
Boned, [v -boned] = having bones. RG. 

414 
Bonere, adj.= debonair, graceful. Alys. 
, 6732 

Bonny, adj. Alvs. 3903 
Book, sb. RG. 374, 420 
Boot, ^.=use, avail. Body and Soul, 92 
=remedv, means (bote). RG. 277, 

408. Pilate," 139 

13 



BO 



BR 



Booth, sb. Alys. 3457 

Booze, sb. [bous]= drink. Wright's L. P. 

p. 111. Dutch, buysen 
Booze, w. n. — drink. Rel. Ant. ii. p. 175 
Bord, s£.=border. Alys. 1270 
Borough, sb. [boru]. RG. 72 
Borow, v. #.=defend. Wright's L. P. pp. 

24, 25. part, 'iborje,' O. and N. 881 
Borow, s£.:=suretv. EG. 472, 497 
Borrow, v. a. RG. 393 
Borstax, 55.=pick-axe. Pol. S. 151 
Bosk, sb.=wood. RG. 547. Fr. bos, bosche 
Boss, sb. =an ornament of dress. Pol. S. 

154. Fr. bosse 
Bote, sb. See Boot 
Botemay, sb. = bitumen. Alys. 4763 
Botfork, sb.=a, crooked stick. Wright's 

L. P. p. 110 
Both, adj. RG. 376, 445. 'both two.' 

Body and Soul, 120. [bo]. Wright's 

L. P. p. 58 
Both,=are. See Be 

In 0. and N. 630, 633, the meaning of 

' both ' is uncertain ; perhaps a mistake 

for ' doth ' 
Botheler, ,?3.=peasant, shepherd. Body 

and Soul, 144 ; from ' booth ' ? 
Boting, sb. = recompense. Alvs. 5711 
Bough, sb. [bowel. RG. 283. [boye], O. 

and N. 15 
Bouk, s5.=body. Alys. 3946. [buc], 0. 

and N. 1130. AS. buce. Germ, bauch 
Bouked, «^".=protuberant. Alys. 6265 
Boulder, sb.=a large stone. HD. 1790 
Boun, adj. =re&dy. Wright's L. P. p. 100. 

Ritson's AS. vii'i. 149. ON. buinn. 
Bound, s£.:=boundary. Alys. 5593 
Bouning,=making readv. Wright's L. P. 

p. 25 
Bout, sb. = apparently some female orna- 
ment for the face. Pol. S. 154 
Bow, sb. RG. 377, 541 
Bow, 0.«.=bend. pret. 'buyede.'RG. 475. 

'bah.' Wright's L. P. p. 54. 'bed,' 

2127 B. 
v. ^.=bow or bend. Wright's L. P. p. 

70. AS. bugan. 
Bowels, sb. Pol. S. 213. Alys. 1668. 

For the etymology of this word, see Phil. 

Soc. Trans', tor 1856, p. 36 
Bower, sb. HD. 2072. Wright's L. P. p. 

114. AS. bur. 
Bowermaiden, sb. = Rel. Ant. ii. p. 175 
Bowiar, sb.= bow- maker. RG. 541 
Bowl, sb. Ii. Horn, 1155 
Bowman, sb. RG. 378 
Bowshot, sb. Alys. 3491 
Box, sb. RG. 456 
Boy, sb. Pol. S. 237 
14 



Boy,=man. HD. 1899 

Brag, adj. =boastful, bold. Wright's L. P. 

p.24 
Braid, vb. The following analysis of this 

difficult verb is taken from Egilson's Lex. 

Poet. Septent. s. v. bregma. All the 

senses here given are found in the O. 

Norse, while the AS. ' bredan' apparently 

is only used in those marked with an 

asterisk. 

* I. act. to weave, part, 'broiden.' O. 
and N. 645 

II. act. to move a thing from its place. 

Hence, 
a. to draw out, as a sword. HD. 1825. 

part, 'ybrad' = drawn, caught. 

Wright's L. P. p. 39 
/3. to brandish, as a sword or spear. 

Alys. 7373 
y. to pull down. RG. 22. [breide], 

Alys. 5856 
* d. to seize, or perhaps tear. Rel. S. 

v. 200. [brede] 

III. neut. to change, as — 

a. to awake out of sleep. HD. 1282 
/3. of any violent motion of body, as 
to leap. Body and Soul, 46 
Braid, sb.= 

1. a quick motion, from III. j3. ; hence, 
' at a breid '=in an instant.- Body and 
Soul, 182. ON. brago. 

2. a violent struggle or wrench. RG. 22 
Brain, sb. RG. 49, 446 

Branch, sb. RG. 152 
Brand, sb.=& burning mass. Body and 
Soul, 208 

torch. Alys. 5295. [brond]. AS. 



brand 



=fire. Alys. 1856. [wilde bround] 



Brased, adj. = of brass. Ps. cvi. 16 

Brass, sb. RG. 2, 251 

Bray, s£.=noise. Alys. 2175 

Breach, sb. [bruch]. Wright's L. P. p. 30 

Bread, sb. RG. 238 

Breadth, sb. [brede]. RG. 385 

Break, v. a. 4<7 B. part. ' i-broke ' 1005 B. 

v. n. pret. ' brake.' 2154 B. 

= to break out (of flesh). 2421 B. 



Breaking, sb.= breach, gap. Ps. cv. 23 
Breast, sb. RG. 419 
Breath, sb. Pragm. Sci. 203 
Breathe, v. n. Pragm. Sci. 202 
Breche,=beech ? q. v. 
Breech, *£.=rump. RG. 322 
= breeches. 260 B. 



Breed, v. a. (of a bird). 2 s. pres. 'breist.' 
O. and N. 1631. RG. 177. part, 'ibred' 
=brought up, educated. O. and N. 1722. 
Body and Soul, 81 



BR 



BXJ 



Breed, v. #.=spring forth. Wright's L. P. 

p. 45 
Breist,=breedest. See Breed 
Breme, #c?/.=glorious,renowned. Wright's 

L. P. pp. 52, 32. AS. breme 

= eager, lustful. 0. and N. 202 

Brenne, s£.=:burning HD. 1239 
Breth, i^.=wrath. Ps. ii. 5; vi. 2. ON. 

br8edi= anger 
Breven, v. «.=write down. Pol. S. 156. 
Brew, v. a. [browe]. RG. 26 
Brewer, sb. Rel. S. vii. 35 
Brewster, sb. Rel. Ant. ii. p. 176 
Bre^e, sb. See Brow. 
Breze, sb. = gadfly. Ps. civ. 34. AS. 

briinse 
Briar, sb. RG. 331 

Bridal, sb. Alys. 1071. K. Horn, 1064 
Bride, sb. HD. 2131 
Bridegroom, sb. [bridegorae]. Ps. xviii. 6 
Bride, ^.=bridle. Alys. 7626 
Bridge, sb. RG. 399 
Bridle, sb. RG. 396 
Bright, adj. HD. 2131. Wright's L. P. 

p. 33 
Brim, ^.=brink. 476 (3 
Brimstone, sb. Body and Soul, 219 
Bring, v. a. EG. 379. pret. ' brought. 5 

RG. 369. part. ' ybixwt," ibromt.' RG. 

376, 491 
Brinie, sb.= cuirass. HD. 1775. Pr. brug- 

ne, brugnie. The root is 4 brun' from 

' brinnan,' to burn or shine ; Cf . OHG. 

brunna 
Brink, sb. Alys. 3491. K. Horn, 147 
Brise, v. #.=bruise. HD. 1835 
Bristle, sb. Alys. 6621 
Bristled, adj.= having bristles. Alys. 5722 
Britheling,=: worthless, a rascal. Rel. S. 

vi. 11. Cf. 0. Eng. 'brotheir 
Brittene,=cut in pieces? HD. 2700. Cf. 

' brittned,' in Gloss, to Ormulum. AS. 

bryttian 
Broach, sb. (an ornament). RG. 489. 

Alys. 6842 
Broad, adj. RG. 1. [brede], O. andN. 963 
v. #.=make broad, part. ' ibroded.' 

0. and N. 1310 
Broerh, adj. = brittle ? Wright's L. P. 

p. 23 
Brood, sb. RG. 70 
Broodful, adj. Ps. cxliii. 13 
Brook, sb. RG. 80 
Broom, sb. (genista). Alys. 2492 
Brost, sb. O. and N. 976, a mistake for 

'prost,' i.e. 'priest.' The Jesus Coll. 

MS. reads ' preost ' 
Broth, sb. RG. 528 
Brother, sb. RG. 371, 478 



Brouke, v. a—use, enjoy. HD. 311 AS. 

briican. Germ, brauchen 
Brow, sb Wright's L P. p. 23. [bi^e]. 

lb. p. 34 
Brown, adj. RG. 429 

v. ^.=become brown. Alys. 3293 

Brun, sb.=a. brown jar. K. Horn, 1134 
Brune, sb.—a, burning. O. and N. 1153 
Brust, ^'.=rough, brusque. Pol. S. 151 
Brut, adj.=TO\igh ? RG. 536 

= bright. Body and Soul, 57 

Bruthen, a^;.=lierce, fiercely boiling, e a 

bruthen led.' Rel. S. v. 242 Connected 

with 'breth,' and AS= bredan, to warm 
Bu, ^.=buffalo. Alys. 5957 
Bu, vb. See Buy 
Buck, sb. Ritson's AS. iii. 8 

— = he-goat. Ps. xlix. 13 

Buckle, sb. Wright's L. P. p. 35 

Buckler, sb. Alys 1190 

Budel, tf£.=messeiiger. 0. and N. 1167. 

Wright's L. P. p. 22. AS. bydel 
Bugging, sb. = a building, or lodging. 

Pol. S. 151. AS. byggan. ON. byggja 
Bugle, s$.=buffalo. Alys. 5112 
Buglehorn, sb. Alys. 5282 
Build, v. a. RG. 439 
Bulge, sb. = a lump, hump. Body and 

Soul, 185 
Bulies,= bellows, q. v. 
Bull, sb. (animal). RG. 116 
Bull, (Pope's bull). RG. 473, 494 
Bullock, sb. Ritson's AS. iii. 8 
Bunting, sb. (the bird). Wright's L. P. 

p. 40 
Burde, ^.=beard. Alys. 1164 
Burdon, sb.=& pilgrim's staff. K. Horn, 

1093. Pr. bourdon 
Burel, 5^.=sackcloth. Alys. 5475. Pol. 

S. 221. Pr. bure, burel. See Roq. 
Burgess, sb. RG. 540, 541 
Burial, sb. See Buryel 
Burn, v. a. pret. 'barnde.' RG. 380, 511. 

'brende.' RG. 536. part. pres. ' berninde.' 

RG. 534 
Burn, ^.=rivulet. 0. and N. 916. AS. 

byrnan, to burn. Cf. Lat. torrens, from 

torreo 
Burst, v. n. pret. 'barst.' RG. 437 
Burst, sb. = injurv. Wright's L. P. p. 24. 

AS. byrst 
Burthen, sb. HD. 807 
Bury, v. a. RG. 123. part, 'y-bured.' 

RG. 382. AS. byrgan 
Burying, sb. RG. 382. [beryng]. Alys. 

4624 
Buryels, sb. =& tomb, grave. RG. 204. 

AS. byrgels 
Busemere,=blasphemy, See Bismere 

15 



BTJ 



CA 



Busily, adv. Ps. cxlii. 7 

Busk, v. #.=array. Pol. S. 239 

Busy, adj. Alys. 3906 

But, ado. 43 B. 

Bat, ^/-^.=except [bote]. EG. 382. [bu- 

tent]. Rel. S. d. 25 
= without [bute]. 0. and N. 184. AS. 

butan 
But, sb.=& put, i.e. cast or throw, HD. 

1040 
But, part.— contended. HD. 1916. Pr. 

bouter 
Butcher, sb. Pol. S. 192 
Bute, prep. See JBut 
Butler, sb. EG. 187, 438 
Butte, sb. = a fish, probably a turbot. 

HD. 759. The Prompt. Parv. translates 

it by ' pecten ; ' the Pictorial Yocab., 

published by Mr Wright, p. 254, has 

* hie turbo ' = f a but.' See N. and Q. 

2d S. vi. 382. Sw. butta 
Butter, sb. HD. 643 
Button, sb. Pol. S. 239 
v. n. = break out. St Swithin, 

151. Pr. boutonner. Cotgr. 
Buxomness, sb. = obedience. EG. 234, 

318. AS. biihsomnes, from 'bugan,' to 

bow 
Buy, v. a. [biggen]. Moral Ode, st. 33. 

[buggen]. O. andN. 1366. pret. 'bomte.' 

EG. 379, 496. <bu,' imper. EG. 390 
= to exact atonement for. K. Horn, 

912 

= redeem. Ps. xxv. 11 

Buyer, 5Z».=redeemer. Ps. xviii. 15 

Buzzard, sb. Alys. 3049 

By, prep. = beside (of place). 1213 B. 

' Nolde God that ich bi the sete ' 

— = according to. 169 B. ' bi his rede.' 

— = during (of time). 649 B. ' bi myn 

ancestors daye.' 2498 B. * bi a 
Tuesdai ' 

— = against. 871 B. ' bi the Bischop of 

L. thulke word he sede.' Cf. 1 Cor, 
iv. 4 

— = concerning, of. O. and N. 46 

By. For verbs compounded with ' By,' 

see under ' Bi ' 
Bycase, adv.=hj chance. EG. 490 
Byefye. See Behoof 
Byquide. See Bequest 
By^yte. See Beget 



C. 



Cable, sb. EG. 148 
Cacherel, ^.=catch poll. Pol S. 151 
Cage, sb. Alys. 5011 
16 



Alys. 



Lat. 



Pol. 



Caitiff, sb. Body and Soul, 229 

Cake, sb. Cok. 55 

Cales, sb. = a kind of serpent. 

7094 

Calf, sb. (the animal). Alys. 6351 
Call, v. n. Wright's L. P. p. 59 
Call, s£.=cap worn on the head. Pol. S. 

158. Pr. cale 
Caluj, adj.=bal&. Alys. 5950. AS. calo, 

caluw 
Camel, sb. Alys. 854 
Can, ##.=am able [con]. Wright's L. P. 

p. 82. [cunne]. 2 s. pres. c cost.' Wright's 

L. P. p. 91. O. and N. 47. pret. ' cowJ>e.' 

EG. 29 
= know [con]. EG. 443. [cunne]. 

O. and N. 48. 2 s, pres. ' canst.' O. 

andN. 560 
Candle, sb. EG. 290, 561 
Candlemas, sb. St Dunstan, 3 
Canel, sb. = cinnamon. Wright's L. P. p. 

27. Pr canelle. Lat. camia 
Cankerfret, adj. EG. 299 
Canon, sb. EG. 510 
Capel, «d.=horse, nag. Cok. 32. 

caballus 
Capelclawer, s£.=:horse-scrubber 

S. 239 
Capital, sb. (of a column). Cok. 67 
Carbuncle, sb. Alys. 5252. HD. 2145 
Cardinal, sb. 1280 B. 
Care, sb. EG. 457 
Care, v.n.=be anxious. EG. 71. Wright's 

L. P. p. 54 
Careful, adj. =full of care. 639 B. 
Carie, <s£.=carat. Alys. 6695 
Carke, v. ^.=pine away 

p. 54 
Carol, sb. EG. 53 
Carol, v. n. Alys. 196, 1045 
Caronye, s#.=carcass 
Carp, v. ?2.=complam. 
Carpenter, sb. EG. 537 
Carrion, sb. (caraing). Pol. S. 203 
Cart, sb. EG. 189 
Cartload, sb. HD. 895 
Cartstave, sb. EG. 99 
Carve, v. a. EG. 560.=cut, flay. part. 

' corven.' Wright's L. P. p. 35. ' curven.' 

HD. 189 
Case, s£.=chance, event. EG. 528 

= condition. Alvs. 4428 

Cast, v. a. EG. 511/375 

Castle, sb. EG. 371, 510 ; pi. 'kasteles '= 

tents. Ps. Ixxvii. 28 
Cat, sb. Alys. 5275 
CatathJeba (KarufiXeTrag), = a noxious 

monster, mentioned in Alys. 6564. See 

Pliny, H. N. viii. 32 



Wright's L. P. 



EG. 265 
Pol. S. 149 



CA 



CH 



Catch, v. a. RG. 28. pret. 'caught.' 

EG. 375. part. ' cacchynge.' RG. 265 
Cathedral, adj. RG. 282 
Caudle, sb. RG. 561 
Cauldron, sb. 158 /3 
Caution, sb.= surety. EG. 506 

= quarter in battle. Alys. 2811 

Cavenard, sb.= villain. HD. 23S9. The 

form ( cayuard ' is found in "Wright's 

L. P. p. ilO. Pr. caignard. Cotgr. 
Cayre, v. a. = turn. part. ' ycayred.' 

Wright's L. P. p. 37. AS. cerran. Germ. 

kehren 
Caynard. See Cavenard 
Cayser, sb. = emperor. HD. 1317. 

Wright's L. P. p. 32 
Cayvar, adj.=ho\low? Alys. 6062 
Cedar, sb. Ps. ciii. 16 
Cel, »a.=seai. RG. 77 
Celadoyne, sb. See Celandine 
Celandine, sb. = the flower. Wright's 

L. P. p. 26. Lat. chelidonium. It is the 

' ranunculus ficaria ' of botanists 
Cell, sb. RG. 233 
Cellar, sb. 287 B. 
Cement, sb. Alys. 6177 
Censer, sb. Marg. 75 
Cerge, sb.=& taper. HD. 591. ON. kerti. 

Germ, kerze 
Cert, adv. = certainly, Alys. 5803 
Certain, adj. = fixed, ascertained. RG. 

378, 552 
Certes, adv. 898 B. 
Cestred,=r lodged, concealed. Ps, lxxiii. 

20; cxxxviii. 12. AS. ceaster 
ChafFare, sb. = merchandise. RG. 539. 

AS. ceapian 
Chair, sb. RG. 321 
Chaisel, sb.=& woman's upper garment. 

Alys. 279. ' espece de vetement.' Roq. 

s. v. SS. cheisil. Pr. cheinsil, v. Roq. 

s. v. chainse, and Gloss. Rem. to La}. 

iii. 502 
Chalandre, $#.=goldfincli. Cok. 95 
Chalcedony, sb. Cok. 92 
Chalen, s£.=chill, cold. Alys. 4-834 
Chalice, sb. RG. 489. HD. 187 
Chalktrap, sb.=])it or snare. Alys. 6070 
Challenge, v. a. RG. 279, 451 
Chamber, sb. 452 B. 
Chamberlain. RG. 390, 490 
Champion, sb. HD. 1015 
Chance, sb.= condition, fortune. RG. 465 

= chance [cheance]. RG. 210 

Chancellor, sb. RG. 540, 468 
Chancellory, sb. = office of chancellor. 

452 B. 
Chane, vb. pret =cleft. Alys. 2228. AS. 

cinan. perf. can. The c ch ' appears in 



'tochan,' the pret. of ' tocinan,' in 

La^amon, ii. 468. Weber wrongly 

derives the word from Pr. choir, and 

makes it mean ' fell ' 
Change, sb. RG. 493 
Change, vb. a. RG. 548 
Chantment, s5.=enchantrnent. RG. 28. 

149 
Chapel, sb. RG. 472, 473 
Chapitle, sb. = chapter of a cathedral. 

RG. 473 
Chaplain, sb. 961 B. 
Chapman, sb. RG. 539 
Chapter, sb. (of a cathedral). 601 B. 
Char, sb. = turn, movement. Body and 

Soul, 79. Pierce '^eynchar' = re- 
pentance. Wright's L. P. p. 46. SS. 

charren. AS. cerran, cerre. Germ. 

kehren 
Charge, v. a. — load. RG. 13. part. 

' icharged.' Pol. S. 195 

sb. = load, weight. RG. 416 

= expense. RG. 189 

Charity, sb. Pol. S. 202. c par charite.' 

1811 B. 
Charm, sb. = spell. Alys. 81 
Charming, sb. = spell. Alys. 404 
Charreye, sb. = car. Alys. 5097 
Charter, sb. RG. 477, 498 
Chase, sb. = hunting. RG. 6 
Chaste, adj. 154 B.; [cheste]. Alys. 7050. 

f chaster.' RG. 191 
Chaste, v. a. = chastise. RG. 134 
Chastise, v. a. RG. 420 
Chasuble, sb. = a priest's robe. 953 B. 

Pr. casule. Ital. casupola 
Chasur, sb. = horse for hunting. Signa 

ante Jud. 110. Pr. ehaceor 
Ciiaterestre, sb. = a female chatterer. O. 

and N. 655 
Chattels, sb. [chateus]. RG. 471, 569. 

Another form of ' cattle T 
Chattering, sb. O. and N. 744 
Chaurnpebataile, sb. = battle-field. Alys. 

5553 
Chavling, sb. = jawing. O. and N. 284, 

296 
Chawl, sb. = jaw. Body and Soul, 189. 

Pol. S. 154. AS. ceafl. SS. chevele. pi. 

chsefles 
Chawl, v. #..=to chide, jaw. Pol. S. 240 
Cheap, sb. = haggling ? Wright's L. P- 

p. 39 
Cheap, v. a. = buy. Pol. S. 159. AS. 
' ceapian 

Cheaping, sb. = market. Pol. S. 151 
Cheek, sb. Wright's L. P. p. 34 
Cheer, sb. = comfort. 473 B. 
'- = countenance. RG. 332 



17 



CH 



CL 



Cheese, sb. HD. 643 

Chelde, sb. = chill, cold. Alys. 5501 

Cheole, sb. — hair. M. Ode, 182. Pr. 

chevol 
Chepe, Cheping. See Cheap, Cheaping 
Chequer, sb. = chess. RG. 192 ; or per- 
haps ' the chessboard ' 
Cherde, vb. pret. = turned, came. 0. and 

N. 1656. AS. cyrran, cerran 
Chere, adj.=high. ? c the chere men of 

the land.' RG. 166. 
Cheson, sb. = occasion. Alys. 3930 
Chess, sb. Alys. 2096 
Chest, sb. = coffin. RG. 50 
Cheste, sb. = strife. Alys. 29. AS. ceast 
Chete, = a chewet, or pie. Wright's L. P. 

p. 31 
Cheui, an error for e cheve.' RG. 94 
Cheve, v. n. = succeed in a thing. 856 B. 

Pr. chevir 
Chide, v. a. 2 s. pres. f chist.' O. and N. 

1329. AS. cidan 

v. n. RG. 390 

■ = dispute. O. and N. 287 

Chief, sb. = chieftain. 1003 B. 

Chief, adj. = ' to hold in chief,' a law 

term, applied to those tenants who held 

their fiefs direct from the king • ' tenants 

in capite.' RG. 472 

= principal. St Swithin, 22 

Chieftain, sb. [cheventeyn]. RG. 386, 400 
Chilce, sb. = childishness ? M. Ode, 4. 

Formed from 'child,' as 'milce' from 'mild' 
Child, sb. RG. 392, 441 ; [chil]. O. and 

N. 1438 
Child, v. n. = bring forth a child. Alys. 

604 
Childbed, sb. RG. 379 
Childering, sb. = bringing forth a child. 

Rel. S. ii. 7 
Chill, sb. RG. 7 
Chimbe, sb. = cymbal. Ps. cl. 5 
Chime, sb. (of bells). Alys. 1852. Dan. 

kime 
Chin, sb. 522 j3 
Chinche, adj. = niggardly. HD. 1763. 

Pr. chice = avarice 
Chirchegong, = churchgoing. RG. 380. 

Cf. 'idelgong' 
Chirm, sb. = chirping and screaming of 

birds. O. and N. 305. AS. cyrm 
Chirurgeon, sb. RG. 566 
Chivalry, sb. = prowess. RG. 413 
Chivauche, sb. = an expedition, a body of 

men. Ritson's AS. viii. 141. Pr. 

chevauchee, from cheval. 
Choice, sb. RG. Ill 
Chokering, si. = a low chattering. O. 

and N. 504 
18 



Cholle, = shall. RG. 379, in the com- 
pound form ' ycholle ' 
Choose, v. a. RG. 400. pret. f ches.' 

Marg. 2. part. * chis.' Alys. 3294. 

' ichose.' RG. 472 

v. n. = have a choice. RG. 384 

Christ, sb. = anointed person. Ps. civ. 15 
Christen, v. a. part. ' icristened.' St 

Kath. 136 
Christendom, sb. = sacraments belonging 

to Christianity. RG. 496 
Christian, adj. 7 B. 
Christmas, sb. 1932 B 
Chrysolite, sb. Alys. 5682 
Churl, sb. HD. 682. AS. ceorl 
Church, sb. RG. 369, 381 
Churchyard, sb. 2234 B. 
Ciclaton, sb. = a rich stuff from India. 

Alys. 1964. Pr. ciglaton. Lat. cyclas 
Cinqueports, sb. = the five havens of 

Dover, Sandwich, Romney, Hyde, Hast- 
ings. RG. 515 
Citation, sb. = a summoning into court. 

RG. 473 
City, sb. RG. 380; used adjectively as 

' a city town.' Alys. 7543 
Clack, v. n. = make a noise. O. and N. 

81. AS. cloccan 
Clad, part. = clothed. HD. 1354. AS. 

gecladed 
Claht, = adhered, cleaved? Wright's 

L. P. p. 37 
Clap, v. a. — strike. HD. 1821 
Clarre, sb. = a kind of wine (claret?). 

HD. 1728 
Clasp, sb. Pol. S. 222 
Clastre, v. n. = to clatter. Pol. S. 157 
Claw, sb. Body and Soul, 186. pi. ' clen,' 

Marg. 46. 'clees,' Ps. lxviii. 32. AS. clea 
Clawed, adj. = having- claws. Alys. 4969 
Clay, sb. Wright's L. P. p. 85 
Clay, adj. Rel. S. v. 73 
Clean, adj. RG. 374 
Cleanly, adv. RG. 434 
Cleanness, sb. RG. 411, 434 
Cleanse, v. a. [clansi]. O. and N. 610. 

Ps. 1. 4. part, 'ycleansed.' RG. 43. 
Cleansing, sb. Ps. lxxxviii. 45 
Clear, adj. 1097 B. 
Clearly, adv. 442 
Cleave, v. a. = split. HD. 917. pret. 

'clewyd' = cleft. Alys. 3790. 3 pi. 

f clowen,' ib. 2765. AS. clufan 

v. n. — adhere to. HD. 1300. AS. 



clifan 

Clench, v. a. = pinch, wither up. O. and 
N. 1204 ; the modern ' cling.' Compare 
Shakspere's c Till famine cling thee/ 
Macb. v. 5 AS. clingan 



CL 



CO 



Clench, v. a. = strike (as a harp). K. Horn, 

1532 
Clenyen. See Cling 
Clergy, sb. = order of clergymen. EG. 

563, 420 
Clerk, sb. EG. 471, 472, 496 

adj. = learned. St Kath. 4 

Cleten ? K. Horn, 1433 ; probably a mis- 
take for ' clenten ' = clung 
Cleve, sb. = cottage. HD. 557 ; a room, 

chamber. Ps.iv. 5. AS.cleafa. ON. klefi 
Cliff, sb. Ps. cxiii. 8 
Climb, v. n. EG. 410, 527. pret. 'clam.' 

EG. 333 
Cling, v. n. Wright's L. P. p. 85. Alys. 

2903 ; [clenyen], Wright's L.P. p. 37 
Cling, v. n. = wither. Eel. Ant. ii. p. 211. 

Pilate, 215. AS. clingan 
Clinglich, = cleanly ? Cok. 15 
Clink, v. a.= make to sound. Pol. S. 189 
Clip, v. a. = embrace. EG. 14. [cluppede] 

288 B. [clupte]. AS. clyppan 
Clipie, v. a. = call. 472 B. ; [clipen]. 

1182 B. ; [clupe]. EG. 410. pret. 

'clepude.' EG. 10. part, 'yclepud.' 

EG. 10. AS. clypian 
Clivers, sb. = claws, talons. O. and N. 

78. AS. clifrian, to scratch 
Clod, Clot, sb. (of earth). Eel. S. v. 73 ; 

[clut]. O. and N. 1165 
Clog, sb. = a sort of female ornament. 

Pol. S. 154 
Cloister, sb. 2089 B 
Close, v. a. = enclose. HD. 1310 

=shut. EG. 566 

Close, sb. EG. 7 

Cloth, sb. EG. 7, 389 (523)8). = clothing. 

Cok. 29 

'Clothes,' pi. = garments. EG. 566. 

HD. 586 
Clothe, v. a. EG. 557 
Clothing, sb. = garment. Ps. ci. 27 
Cloud, sb. HD. 207. 1415 B. 
Clout, sb. Alys. 4459 
Clowe, sb. = clew, small ball. O. and N. 

178. AS. cliwe 
Club, sb. HD. 1927 
Clude, sb. — rock, hill. O. and N. 999. 

AS. clud 
Clupe, sb. See Clipie 
Clutch, sb. = elaw. Body and Soul, 183 

v. n. Eel. Ant. ii. p 211 

Coal, sb. Ps. xvii. 9 

Goalblack, adj. O. and N. 75 

Coat, sb. HD. 1141 

Code, sb. = war. Ps. cxliii. 1. See 

Cock. vb. 
Cock, sb. (animal). 1090 B. 
Cock, sb. — cockboat ? HD. 873 
d 2 



Cock, v. n. = cut? Pol. S. 153; or contend? 

Cf. Code, ubi sup. AS. cocor, a sword 
Cod, sb. = codpiece, or scrotum ? O. and 

N. 1122 
Coffer, sb. 1925 B. 
Cog, sb. ? O. and N. 86 
Coinoun, sb. = robber. Alys. 1718. 

[konioun]. lb. 7748 
Cokedrill, sb. See Crocodile 
Cold, adj. EG. 1. Wright's L. P. p. 24 

= cruel. EG. 131 

Cold, sb. HD. 416 

Colfer, sb. = dove. EG. 190. AS. culfre 
Collar, sb. = neck. EG. 223 
Collation, sb. = feast. Cok. 143 
Colle, *£. = collar. Pol. S. 157 
Colmie, adj. for ' collie.' = black, coalv. 

K. Horn, 1114 
Colour, sb. = hue. EG. 24 

= pretext. EG. 313 

Colt, sb. Alys. 684. AS. colt 
Columbine, sb. (the flower). Wright's 

L. P. p. 26. The 'aquilegia vulgaris' 

of botanists 
Comb, sb. [kainbe]. = honeycomb. Ps. 

xviii. 11 
Come, v. n. pret. e come.' EG. 367. part. 

c icumen.' Eitson's AS. iv. 1 
= become, suit. Leg. of St Cuth- 

bert cited in Warton, H. E. P. vol. i. 

p. 14, n. 
Come, sb. = coming. Creed of St 

Athan. 79 
Comely, adj. Alys. 6055 
Comet, sb. EG. 416, 548 
Comfort, v. a. EG. 139 
Coming, sb. Alys. 5541 
Commandment, sb. 2022 B. 
Common, adj. ' common right.' EG. 500. 

'the common bell.' EG. 541 
Common, sb. = the commons, plebs. Pol. 

S. 188 

= f eommons,' i.e. food. EG. 528 

Commonalty, sb. 1302 B. 
Commonly, adv. = all in common, uni- 
versally. Pall and P. 46 
Commune, v. n. EG. 571 
Companage, s#.=sustenance. Pol. S. 240 
Companion, sb. EG 552 
Company, sb. = bandof men. EG. 544, 370 
Compass, v. a. = seek after a thing by 

design. Pol. S. 202. part. f yeompassed. J 

EG. 109 
Compassment, sb. Alys. 1345 
Compline, sb. = the last service in the 

day. 2090 B. Fr. complie 
Con, v. a. = know. pret. ' couthe.' EG. 

559 ; 'kuthe.' O. and N. 663; part, 'cud/ 

Wright's L. P. p. 27. 

19 • 



CO 



OK 



Con, v. a. = acknowledge, [lean]. HD. 

160. ' to kan thank ' 
Conceive, v. n. = bear oneself, behave. 

Alys. 2204 
Concubine, sb. RG. 27 
Conduct, sb. = guidance. RG. 40 
Coney, sb. [cunig]. M. Ode, 182 
Conferment, sb. = confirmation. RG. 349 
Confessor, sb. 2341 B. 
Confirm, v. a. RG. 440, 446 
Confirming, sb. RG. 277 
Conger, sb. Rel. Ant. ii. p. 174 
Conjure, v. a. ■= adjure a person to do a 

thing. 2330 B. 
Conjurison, sb. = sorcery. Alys. 81 
Conscience, sb. 426 (3 
Consent, v. n. RG. 526 
Consistory, sb. [constory]. Pol. S. 159 
Consonant, sb. Rel. Ant. ii. p. 174 
Constable, sb. RG. 538 
Contek, sb. = strife. RG. 470, 509. Fr. 

contencer 

v. n. = to strive. RG. 259 

Contecker, sb. = a striver. 196 B. 
Convent, sb. RG. 433 
= the body of people in the con- 
vent. 225 B. 
Cook, sb. HD. 903 
Coot, sb. [cote]. Body and Soul, 201 
Cop, sb. = head. Pol. S. 70. Rel. Ant. i. 

144. AS. copp. 
Cope, sb. RG. 566. HD. 429 
Copener, sb. = paramour. O. and N. 1340. 

AS. copenere 
Coral, sb. Wright's L. P. p. 25 
Cord, sb. St Andrew, 66 
Corn, sb. RG. 13, 372 
Cornel, sb. = embrasure. Alys. 7210 
Corour, sb. = courser. Alys. 2475 
Ctorporas, sb. = a cloth on which the 

elements were laid at the Eucharist. 

HD. 188 
Corpse, sb. RG. 145 
Corrin, sb, = a churn, or vessel ? Rel. 

Ant. ii. p. 175. AS. cyrin 
Cost, sb. = expenditure. RG. 297; ex- 
pense. RG. 183 

vb. a. pret. 'costenede.' RG. 390 

Cost, = couldest or canst. See Can 
Costage, sb. = a sum of money deposited 

by way of surety. RG. 391 
Cot, sb. = cottage. Pol. S. 152 
Coufie, sb. = a basket. RG. 265. AS. 

cowel, cawl 
Could, vb. See Can 
Coulter, sb. = ploughshare. Pol. S. 152. 

Lat. culter 
Council, sb. RG. 495 
Councillor, sb. RG. 417 
' 20 



Counsel, sb. RG. 412, 371 

Counsel, v. n.= take counsel, consider. 
RG. 91 

v. a. = give counsel. Wright's 

L. P. p. 95 

Counseller, sb. Alys. 7118 

Count, sb. = account. Pol. S. 152 

Countenance, sb. = appearance, de- 
meanour. 187 B. 

= courage. Pol. S. 216 

Counter, sb. = reckoner. RG. 538 

Countess, sb. RG. 370, 510 

Country. RG. 368, 510 

County, [countene] sb. Pol. S. 157 

Coupe, v. n. = buy or aby ? HD. 1800. 
ON. kaupa 

Courageous, adj. RG. 453 

Courant, = running. Alys. 3461 

Couren. See Cower 

Courser, sb. = steed. Alys. 4056 

Court, sb. = courtyard. RG. 525 

= of a king. 165 B. 

■ = of law. RG. 471 

courtesy — to ' pay 



court. 



204 B. 

Courteous, adj. RG. 385, 525 
Courtesy, sb. RG. 189, 516 
Couth, adj. = known. RG. 514, 455. 

AS. cut* 
Couthe, v. a. = make known. O. and N. 

90. pret, f ykud.' RG. 57. AS. cytSan 
Couwe, v. n. = cower ? Rel. Ant. ii. 

p. 211 
Cove, adv. = quickly. O. and N. 379. 

AS. cdf 
Covel, sb. — coat. HD. 547. AS. cufle = 

cowl 
Covenant, sb. RG. 179 
Cover, v. a. = recover. RG. 49 

take care of [coverye]. Alys. 



7533 

Coverture, <?&.=rbedclothes. K. Horn, 716 
Covet, v. a. RG. 306 
Covetise, sb. RG. 46 
Covetous, adj. Pragm. on Seven Sins, 23 
Qo^r, sb. Aiys. 6333. pi, 'kye.' Ps. 

lxvii. 31 
Coward, adj. RG. 455. Pr. coard 
v. a. = dishearten, make fearful. 

Alys. 3344 

sb. Alys. 2053 

Cower, v. n. Alys. 2053. ' couren,' = 

cowering. Pol. S. 157 
Cowl, sb. 2246 B. AS. cufle 
Crab, sb. Alys. 4943 
Crack, v. a. = break in two. HD. 568 
= discourse, ' reisons craken.' • Alys. 

6991. Cf. our Engl, 'to crack jokes'' 
Crack, v. n. = snap short. Alys. 4436 



CR 



DA 



Cradle, sb. EG. 107 

Craft, sb. = art. O. and N. 757; skill. 

Wright's L. P. p. 35 
Craftfully, adv. Eel. Ant. ii. p. 176 
Craftilich, adj. Bel. Ant. ii. p. 175 
Cram, v. a. Pol. S. 238 
Cramp, v. a. [crempe] = interrupt, stop. 

0. and N. 1786 
Crane, sb. HD. 1726 
Crave, v. a. HD. 633. part, 'cravand.' 

Ps. cxviii. 121 
Craver, sb. Ps. lxxi. 4 
Craving 1 , sb. = desire. Ps. cxviii. 134 
Creator, sb. Pall and P. 51 
Creature, sb. 2255 B 
Creed, sb. Pol. S. 204 
Creek, sb. [krike] = creek of the sea. 

HD. 708. AS. crecca 
Creep, v.n. EG. 296; part. c crepand.' 

Ps. lxviii. 35 
Crice, sb. = rima podicis. HD. 2450 
Crices, in the phrase f ]Mai crices.' St 

Andrew, 31. This is evidently an inter- 
jection, and may possibly be the same as 

our vulgar ' crikey ' 
Crisp, adj. Pragm. Sci. 282 
Crocodile, sb. [cokedrill]. Alys. 5720 
Croke, v. n. = bend double. Eel. Ant. 

ii p. 211 
Croll, adj. = curly. Alys. 1999. Dut. 

krol 
Crook, v. a. = distort. Marg. 53 
Crook, sb. = wile. Wright's L. P. p. 105. 

Alys. 4819 
Crooked, adj. Alys. 7099. Pragm. Sci. 

326. part, 'icroked.' O. and N. 1674 
Crop, sb. — belly. Pol. S. 208. AS. cropp 
= produce of a plant. Wright's 

L. P. p. 100 
Cross, sb. [croys]. EG. 392 
Cross, v.a. = mark with the cross [croice]. 

EG. 480 
Crosslet, sb. = piece of armour [croistiite]. 

K. Horn, 1353 
Croude, v. a. = press down, keep back. 

Alys. 609. AS. crydan 
Croud, part. = crowded, oppressed ? HD. 

2338 
Croupe, sb. = crupper. Alys. 2447 
Crouthe, sb. = fiddle.* Wright's L. P. 

p. 53 
Crow, sb. = the bird. EG. 490 
Crow, sb. = cockcrow. 1090 B. 
Crow, v. n. Pol. S. 238. O. and N. 336 
Crown, sb. EG. 376 
Crown, = top of the head. HD. 568 
Crown, v. a. EG. 383. part, 'ycrouned.' 

ibid. 
Crowning, sb. EG. 367. HD. 2948 



Crownment, sb. EG. 433 

Croyserie, Creyserie, sb. = crusade. 

EG. 346, 502 
Crude, v. n. = creak ? K. Horn, 1333 
Cruel, adj. EG. 417 
Cruets, sb. 313 (3. Pr. cruche 
Crupper, sb. (of a saddle). Alys. 3421 
Crus, adj. = wrathful. HD. 1966. Pr. 

cruz. See Hall. s. v. Crous 
Crust, sb. Pol. S. 204 
Cry, v. n. EG. 381, 495 
Cry, sb. Alys. 5410. HD. 2772. Ps. ci. 2 
Crystal, sb. Pragm. Sci. 66 
Cubur, sb. = cover. Alys. 2359 
Cuckingstool, sb. Eel" Ant. ii. p. 176 
Cuckold, sb. = 0. and N. 1592. Pr. 

cocul 
Cuckoo, sb. Eitson's AS. iii. 2 
Cucube, sb. = cubeb. Cok. 76 
Cumberment, sb. Alys. 472 
Cummin, sb. Alys. 6797 
Cumrade, = relation. See Kindred 
Cundut, sb. = religious service. O. and 

K 483. Pr. conduis 
Cunig, = coney, q. v. 
Cunne, vb. See Can 
Cup, sb. EG. 117 
Cure, sb. (of souls). 857 B. 
Curne, v. a. = form grains, ripen (said of 

corn). EG. 490 
Curreye, sb. = waggon-train. Alys. 5118 
Curse, v. a. 550 /3 
Curtain, v. a. Alys. 1028 
Curven. See Carve 
Cusse, v. a. = kiss. q. v. 
Cust, sb. — dignity. O. and N. 9. AS. 

cyst 
= choice. O. and N. 1396. AS. 

cyst 
Custom, sb. EG. 470 
Cut, v. a. [citte]. HD. 942. part. c ykyt.* 

Alys. 2709 

= destiny, remove. Ps. cxviii. 39 

Cypress, sb. Alys. 5785 

Cytoling, sb. = playing on the ' cytol ' or 

guitar. Alys. 1043 



Dab, v. a. = strike. Pol. S. 192 
Dab, sb. = a blow. Alys. 2306 
Dahet, sb = a curse. O. and N. 99. See 

Datheit 
Dainty, sb. 1202 B. Pr. dain. Cotgr. 

W. dantaeth 

= daintiness [deynte]. Alys. 7070 



35 



= fondness [deynte]. St Dunstan, 



21 



DA 



DE 



Dais, sb. == a raised seat. RG. 53G. Alvs. 

1039 
Daisy, sb. [dayes-e^e]. Wright's L. P. 

p. 43 
Dale, sb. RG. 362 
Damage, sb. Alys. 959 
Dame, sb. RG. 560 
Damn, v. a. = judge. Wright's L. P. 

p. 100 
Damsel, sb. RG. 432 
Dance, v. n. Alys. 5213 

sb. Alys. 6990 

Danger, sb. RG. 78 
Dangerous, adj. Rel. Ant. i. 115 
Dank, v. a.— make wet [donke]. Wright's 

L. P. p. 44. ' Dank ' is probably another 

form of 'damp.' Cf. 'dimple' and 

' dingle ' 
Dar, vb. impers. = it needs. RG. 317- 

See Thar 
Dare, v. n. ' durre.' O. and N. 1704. pret. 

'dorste.' RG. 367 
v. n. = stare, gaze. Wright's L. P. 

pp. 50, 54. O. and N. 384. See note 

to Prompt. Parv. s. v. 'daryn' 
Dark, adj. RG. 560 
Dark, v. a. = darken, part. ' idurked.' 

1416 B. 
Darkhood, sb. [derkhede] = darkness. 

RG. 560 
Darling, sb. 56 /3 



Dash, 



RG. 51, 540. ON. daska 



v. n. = burst in. Alys. 2837 

Datheit, adj. = cursed. HD. 296. Fr. 

dehait (hair) 
Daughter, sb. RG. 368, 509 
Dawn, sb. [dawing]. RG. 208 
Dawn, v. n. [dawe]. Pol. S. 238. Wright's 

L. P. p. 45 ; [dawen]. lb. p. 96 ; 

[dagen]. Pragm. in Warton H. E. P. 

p. 21 
Dawning, sb. = dawn. RG. 557 
Day, sb. RG. 505, 368 ; ' bi hys daye '= 

* in his time.' RG. 376 ; pi. ' dawes.' RG. 

383; 'to bring out of dawe,' = put 

to death. 622 B. ; ' daies,' gen. abs. = 

in the daytime. O. and N. 1588 
Dayred, sb. — dawn. Rel. S. iv. 17 
Dayrim, sb. = break of day. O. and N. 328 
Dayspring, sb. Alys. 4290 
Daystar, sb. O. and N. 328 
Daystern, sb. = daystar. Ps. cix. 3 
Dead, adj. 1826 B. 
Deadly,^'. RG. 195. = dead, Ps.xliii. 2 
Deaf, adj. RG. 352 
Deal, sb. = part. RG. 368, 509 
Deal, v. a. = ' distribute to.' RG. 383 ; 

' scatter,' as to ' deal words.' O. and N. 

952; 'give.' Pol. S. 204 



Dealing, sb. = a part. Ps. cxxxv. 13 
Dealtakand, sb. = participator. Ps. 

cxviii. 63 
Dealtaking, sb. = participation. Ps. 

cxxi. 3 
Dear, adj. = precious. RG. 390 
Dearworth, adj. = precious. Wright's 

L. P. p. 52 
Dearworthly, adv. Wright's L. P. p. 54 
Dearth, sb. [dere]. RG. 416 
Death, sb. RG. 375, 382 ; ' deathes,' gen. 

abs. ='dead,' or 'in death.' O. andN. 

1630 
Debonair, adj. RG. 167, 374 
Debruise, v. a. RG. 410, 529, 537. Fr. 

debriser 
Debt, sb. RG. 473 
Deceit, sb. Alys. 7705 
Decline, sb. = decay. Pol. S. 154 
Dedayn. See Disdain 
Deduit, sb. = pleasure. RG. 564 
Deed, sb. RG. 369, 501 
Deem, v. a. = condemn. RG. 504 

= judge. O. and N. 188 

Deemer, sb. = a judge. Ps. vii. 12 

Deep, adj. RG. 6, 233 

Deeply, adv. HD. 1417 

Deepness, sb. Ps. xxxv. 7 

Deer, sb. = beast [deor, duer]. Wright's 

L. P. pp. 44, 45 ; [dor]. O. and N. 

1321, 493 

= stags, &c. RG. 439 

Default, sb. RG. 456, 457 

Defence, sb. RG. 214 

Defend, v. a. = gnard, protect. RG. 

536, 542 
Defensible. RG. 549 
Defiance, sb. Alys. 5545, written 'de- 
fence ' in Alys. 7237 
Defoul, v. a. RG. 536 
Defy, v. a. Alys. 7014 
Deign, v. n. RG. 557 
Del. See Devil 
Delay, sb. RG. 156, 421 
Delay, v. a. RG. 495 
Delice, sb. RG. 195 
Delicious, adj. Alys. 38 
Delight, v. a. Alys. 5802 
Delight able, adj. 26/3 
Deliver, v. a. RG. 430, 382, 524 
Delve, v. n. = dig. pret. ' dolve.' RG. 

395. AS. delfan 
Demain, v. a. = manage. Alys. 603. Fr. 

demener 
Demand, sb. RG. 500 
Demay, v. a. = dismay. RG. 156 
Demember, v. a. = dismember. RG. 559 
Demere, v. n. = tarry. Alys. 7295. Fr. 

demeurer 



DE 



DI 



Demorance, sb. = delay. Alys. 4123 
Den, sb. Alys. 5400. AS. denn 
Denchax, =* Danish axe. RG. 299 
Dene, sb. = valley. Ps. cvii. 8. AS. denu 
Denkless, = poor? Body and Soul, 198 
Depart, v. a. = separate. EG. 394, 466 
v. n. = break up, separate (neut.). 

483 B. 
Departing, sb. = separation. Alys. 912 
Deraign, v. a. = try, prove. RG. 285. 

Er. desraigner 
Deray, sb. = fight, quarrel. Alys. 1177; 

prowess. Alys. 2722. Er. deroi 
Derayne, sb. = battle. Alys. 7353. Er. 

desraigner 
Dere, sb. = dearth, q. v. 
Dere, v. a. = injure. Alys. 6191. HD.574; 

[derven]. Marg. 38. part. ' idorve.' 0. 

and N. 1156. AS. derian 
Derenge, a mistake for 'drynge.' Alys. 

2534 
Dern, adj. = secret. RG. 114. AS. dearn 
Derne, = dearly ? K. Horn, 1385 
Dernely, = secretly. 27 B. 
Derven. See Dere 
Desclander, p, a. = slander. 2050 B 
Desclander, sb. 2061 B. 
Describing, sb. = description. RG. 60 
Deserie, v. a. = disinherit. RG. 85 
Desert, sb. = merit. RG. 253 
Deserve, v. a. Eragm. Sci. 371 
Desire, v. a. 225 B. 
Despeple, v. a. = publish. RG. 517, 56S 
Despise, v. a. RG. 31 
Despite, sb. RG. 566 
Destance, sb. = strife. RG. 511, 570 
Dester, ' in dester ' = on the right hand. 

A steed led by the squire 'in dester' 

was the ' destrier ' or ' dextrarius/ or 

war-horse. Body and Soul, 18. See Roq. 

s. v. Destrier 
Destining, sb. = destiny. Alys. 6867 
Destroy, v. a. part, 'destrud. 5 RG. 372. 

pret. ' destrude.' RG. 376 
Destroying, sb. = destruction. Alys. 

2888 
Destuted, = destitute, wanting. Alys. 

2199 
Deus ! an inter}. = O God ! hence our 

' deuce.' HD. 2096, 2114. Fr. deus 
Deus, adj. = sweet. HD. 1312. Fr. doux 
Deutyraun, s#.=some monstrous animal. 

Alvs. 5416 
Devil, sb. RG. 411; [del]. Wright's 

L. P. p. Ill 
Devilness, sb. = demon. Ps. xcv. 5 
Devise, v. a. = contrive. 876 B. 



describe. Alys. 7377 



Devotion, sb. RG. 405, 456 



Devout, adj. RG. 369 

Dew, sb. Eragm. Sci. 232. Wright's L. P. 

p. 72. [dewyng.] Alys. 914 
Dewdrop, sb. Wright's L. P. p. 114 
Dewing, sb. See Dew 
Diadem, sb. 2161 B. 
Diamond, sb. Wright's L. P. p. 25 
Dicce, v. n. = shudder, tremble ? Signa 

ante Jud. 24. Cf. 'didder/ in Halli- 

well. and Phil. Soc. Proc. vol. v. p. 39 
Dice, sb. [devs]. Alys. 3297 
Die, v. n. RG. 530 
Dight, v. a. = set in order, govern. RG. 

424; 'compose,' applied to the voice of 

a bird. O. and N. 1653 ; ' attack.' Pol. 

S. 223. part, 'id^te.' Rel. Ant. ii. 

p. 217. AS. dihtan 
Digne, adj. = worthy. RG. 132 
Dignity, sb. 244 B. 
Dike, sb. = ditch. Body and Soul, 120 
Dim, v. a. Ps. lxviii. 24 

v. n. Christ on the Cross, 7 

Dim, adj. = dusky. O. and N. 577. AS. 

dim 
Dimness, sb. Ps. xvii. 10 
Din, v. a. [denie]. K. Horn, 606. Ps. xlv. 

4. AS. dynian 

sb. Ps. xli. 5 

Dine, v. n. RG. 558. AS. dynan 



Ding, 



a. = strike. 



HD. 215. part. 
Sw. danga. ON. 



dun gen.' HD. 227. 

dangla 
Dint, sb. = blow. 2138 B. AS. dynt 
Discharge, v. a. = deprive of a charge or 

office. Alys. 3S68 
Disciple, sb. RG. 232 
Discipline, v. a. 2384 B. 

v. n. Rel. Ant. ii. p. 175 

Discomfort, v. a. RG. 212 
Discord, sb. RG. 195 
Discording, sb. = discord. RG. 255 
Discoverte, sb. = an unguarded part. 

Alys. 7418 
Disdain, sb. [dedayn]. RG. 172 



Disguise, 



Alys. 121 



Dish, sb. HD. 919 

Disherison, sb. [diserteison]. 1872 B. 



Disherit, 



RG. 327, 375 



Disherit, sb. [deseryte] = a disinherited 

person. RG. 452, 563 
Dishonor, sb. Alys. 3S67 
Dismay, v. a. [demay]. RG. 156 
Disordain, v. a. = deprive of holy orders, 

unfrock. RG. 473 
Dispence, sb. = equipment. Alys. 2616 
Disport, sb. Ritson's AS. xviii. 15 
Dispute, v. n. St Kath. 74 
Disraying, sb. =irree:ular fighting. Alvs. 

673 

23 



DI 



DR 



Distance, sb. 1287 B. 

Distinction, sb. = distinguished person. 

Alys. 112 
Distrain, v. a. 742, 752 B. 
Distress, sb. BG. 460, 442, 568 
Disturb, v. a. BG. 396, 436 
Disturbance, sb. "RG. 429, 436 
Disturber, sb. 1110 B. 
Ditch, sb. KG. 408, 549 
Ditched, adj. [ydvched] = surrounded by 

a ditch. Alys. 2658 
Dite, v. a. =. indite. Bel. Ant. ii. p. 176 
Ditenient, sb. = indictment. Pol. S. 198 
Ditty, sb. Bel. Ant. ii. p. 175 
Divers, adj. = several. BG. 378 
Di3ele, adj. = secret. O. and N. 2. AS. 

digel 
Do, vb. a. 19 B. part. 'ydo' = done. 

BG. 369. = finished (of winter). BG. 

371 

— = place, pret. 'dude.' 259 B. 

— = cause. Wright's L. P. pp. 69, 71 

— vb. abs. ' do ' = act. BG. 501. [done]. 
BG. 377. 2s. pres. 'dost.' BG. 428. 
3 s. pret. ' dude.' BG. 369 

— vb. aux. BG. 429. 'dost chese ' 

— ' doth ' used to represent a preceding 
verb. Wright's L. P. p. 34 

Dod, v. a. = chop, cut. Pol. S. 192. 

Probably another form of ' dock ' 
Dog, sb. BG. 69 
Dogged, adj. Pol. S. 199 
Dole, sb. = portion. BG. 165 
= grief [del]. BG. 392; [deol]. 

BG. 381 
Doleful, [deolvol]. BG. 414; [delvol]. 

BG. 558 
Dolefully, adv. 144S B. 
Dolphin, sb. Alys. 6576 
Doom, sb. BG. 53 
Doomsday, sb. HD. 748 
Doomsman, sb. = judge. Bel. S. vi. 3 
Door, sb. BG. 508, 495 
Doorpin, sb. K. Horn, 1003 
Doppe, sb. = a round ball, knob. Alys. 

5776. ON. doppa 
Dor. See Deer 
Dorre, v. n. = need. BG. 457. Germ. 

bediirfen 
Dosil, sb. = a spigot of a barrel. BG. 

542. Fr. doisil. See the Prompt. Parv. 

s. v. dotelle, and note there 
Dotance, sb. =z doubt, fear. Alys. 582 
Double, adj. 417 B. 
Double, v. a. 598 /3. part, 'idoubled.' 

295 3 
Doubt, sb. = fear. BG. 89, 402 
Doubt, v. n. — be afraid. 395 B. ; feel 

doubt. St Swithin, 105 
24 



Doubt, v. a. = fear. 289 /3 
Doughtily, adv. Alys. 7382 
Doughty, adj. Wright's L. P. p. 27 
Douthe, = ' might,' or ' availed,' perf. of 

' dow,' to avail, prosper, be able. (See 

Phil. Soc. Proc. ii. 158.) HD. 833, 

1184. part, 'ydought.' Alys. 5906. 

AS. dugan 
Douzepairs, sb. = the twelve peers of 

France, [dosse pers]. BG. 188. [dozze- 

pers]. BG. 200 
Dove, sb. Ps. liv. 7 
Down, sb. = open heath. BG.144; [dune]. 

O. and N. 830. AS. dun 
Down, adv. HD. 2291 
Downcast, v. a. = cast down. pret. 

' douncaste.' Ps. lxxiii. 6 



Downcome, 



Ps. cxliii. 5 



Downer, == lower. Alys. 6619 
Downfall, v. n. = fall down, in part. 
' downfalland.' Ps. xvii. 9 



Do wnf ailing, 



Ps. Ii. 6 



Downgo, v. n. = go down. Ps. cvi. 26. 

part. ' downgaand.' Ps. cvi. 23 
Downright, adv. Ps. cv. 18 
Downshear, v. a. = cut down. pret. 

' douneschare.' Ps. lxxiii. 6 
Downward, adv. BG. 362 
Dozen, sb. Pol. S. 229 
Dragon, sb. = (animal). BG. 131 
= a war standard. BG. 303, 

216, 545 
Dragonet, sb. = a small dragon. Alvs. 

602 
Drake, sb. HD. 1241. Wright's L. P. 

p. 44 

= dragon. Alys. 553 

Drapery, sb. Bel. Ant. ii. p. 175 
Draught, sb. = drawing. Body and 

Soul, 43 
Draw, v. a. BG. 367 
= cut down, ' hang and draw.' 

724 B. part, 'drawe ' (of a sword). BG. 

536 
Draw, v. n. = draw towards a thing, ap- 
proximate to. BG. 369; [drey:p]. 

Wright's L. P. p. 34 
Drawbridge, sb. Alvs. 1205 
Dread, sb. BG. 401, 457 
Dread, v. n. pret. ' dradde.' 127 B. 
Dreadful, adj. Wright's L. P. p. 50 
Dreadly, adj. Bodv and Soul, 6 
Dream, sb. HD. 1284 

v.n. HD. 1284, 1304. ON. drcyma 

Drearied, = sorrowful. Ps. xxxvii. 7 
Dreary, adj. BG. 351; [drury]. Alvs. 

4389. Of. La^. ii. 184 
Dreg, sb. Ps. xxxix. 3 
Dreme, sb. = song, melody. Wright's 



DR 



EA 



L. P. p. 57; [dreim]. 0. and N. 21. 

AS. dream 
Drench, sb. = a potion. RG. 151. AS. 

dreric 
Drench, v. a. = to drown. Wright's L. P. 

p. 113. part. ' dreynt.' Ibid. p. Ill 
Dreng, sb. = chieftain, gentleman. HD. 

31. AS. dreng 
Drepen, v. a. = slay. HD. 1783. pret. 

1 drape.' Ps. xciii. 6. AS. drepan 
Dribil, sb. = moisture, dribble, Rel. Ant. 

ii. p. 210 
Drie, v. a. = endure. Marg. 52 ; [dreeg]. 

Ritson's AS. viii. 157. AS. dredgan 
Drink, sb. EG. 289, 389 
v. a. pret. ' drone.' RG. 165. part. 

'ydronke.' RG. 43 
Drinker, sb. Fragm. Sci. 285 
Drit, sb. = dung. Cok. 177. ON. drit. 

AS. gedritan ; used as a term of abuse. 

HD. 682 
Drive, v. a RG. 367. part, \vdrive.' RG. 

97. pre't. ' drave.' Ps. xlii. 2. 'To drive 

a plea of law.' RG. 471 
• v. n. = come or move rapidlv. RG. 

407. ' a wel driving flod.' RG. 20 
Dri^te, sb. = the Lord Jesus Christ. K. 

Horn, 1354. Alys. 6139. AS. drihten 
Drogrnan, sb. = dragoman, interpreter. 

Alys. 3401 
Dromedary, sb. Alys. 3407 
Dromoun, sb. = a swift ship. Alys. 90. 

ON. dromundr. Fr. dromon 
Drop, sb. RG. 560 
Drop, sb. = aloes. Ps. xliv. 9 
Droukening, sb. = slumber. Body and 

Soul, 1. ON. druckna 
Droupne, v. n. = droop, faint. Wright's 

L. P. p. 54. ON. drrdpa 
Drove, v. a. = disturb. Ps. iii. 2 ; vi. 3. 

AS. drifan 
Droving, sb. = persecution. Ps. ix, 22 
Druery, Drury, sb. = gallantry, court- 
ship. RG. 191 
= love, delight. Alys. 

2999. Pr. drue, a mistress 
Drunke, sb. = drinking. M. Ode, 128 
Drunken, v. a. = make drunk. Ps. lxiv. 10 

numess 

N. 1397 
Drury, adj. = dreary, q. v. 
Dry, adj. RG. 531 
v. a. part. ' idriid.' Rel. Ant. ii. p. 

193 
v. n. = become dry. Ps. xxxvi. 2 ; 

3 s. pres. ' druith.' Rel. Ant. ii. p. 210 
Dryhed, sb. = dryness. Ps. lxv. 6 
Dub, v. a. HD. 2038. AS. dubban 
Dubbing, sb. K. Horn, 499 



Duelsing, sb. = deceit. St Swithin, 105 
Duke, sB. RG. 367 
Dumb, adj. RG. 131 

v. n. = become dumb. Ps. xxxviii. 3 

Dung, sb. RG. 310 ; [ding]. Rel Ant. 

ii. p. 191. Serm. 7 
Dunge, sb. = dungeon. Body and Soul, 

236 
Dungheap, sb. Weight's L. P. p. 103 
Dure, v. n. = endure. RG. 403; [duyre]. 

Alys. 3258 
Durwe, sb. = dwarf. Alys. 6266. AS. 

dweorg 
Dusi, adj. = foolish. O. and N. 1464. 

AS. dysig 
Dust, sb. RG. 137 

Dute, sb. = pleasure. Cok. 9. Pr. deduit 
Dutten, v. a. = close, dite. Wright's 

L. P. p. 110. AS. dvttan 
Duty, sb. [devyte]. RG. 316 
Du^ethe, sb. = manhood. O. and N. 634. 

AS. dugu<5 
Dwel, sb. = space of time. Rel. Ant. ii. 

p. 191 
Dwele, v. a. = deceive. Ps. lvii. 4. AS. 

dwelian 
Dwell, v. n. HD. 4. ON. dvelja 

= delay. HD. 1351 

Dwelle, sb. = folly. Serm. 13 
Dwelling, sb. delay. Alys. 520S. HD. 

1352 
Dwole, sb. = error, trick. O. and N. 823. 

AS. dwola 
adj. = false, deceitful. O and N. 

924 



E. 



Each, adj. RG. 369 

Eachone. RG. 374 

Eager, adj. RG. 80 

Ear, sb. (of corn). RG. 490. AS. ear 

Ear, sb. (of the body). RG. 492. AS. 

eare 
Eardingstowe, sb. = dwelling-place. O. 

and N. 28. AS. eardungstow 
Earl, sb. RG. 370 
Earldom, sb. RG. 523 
Early, adj. 905 B. 
Earn, v. a. = gain, realize. O. and N. 

1202. AS. earnian 
Earnest, sb. = earnestness. RG. 121, 401 
Earth, sb. = the world. Wright's L. P. 

p. 68. 

— = the ground. HD. 2657 

— = mould. HD. 740 



■».*. = to dwell. HD. 739. AS. 



eardian 



25 



JEA 



EN 



Earthgrine, = earthquake. RG. 530. 

AS. grynd, an abyss 
Earthgrythe, sb. = earthquake. RG. 414. 

ON. griS = vehemence, violent motion 
Earthly, adj. 440 B. 
Ease, sb. 1473 B. 
Easily, adv. 395 B. 
East, sb. 35 (3 
Easter, sb. 546 B. 
Eastward, adv. RG. 41 
Easy, adj. = slack. Body and Soul, 115 
Eat, v. a. 143 (3. pret. * at.' 274 B. ' ete.' 

RG 408. part. 'y-ete.' 311/3 
Ebb, v. n. Eragm. Sci. 253 
Eeh, adj. = eternal. O. and N. 742. 

AS. ece. 
Eche, 2?. «. = increase. Rel. S. v. 126. 

AS. eacan 
Eche, sb. = aches. M. Ode, st. 100 
Ederlyng, sb. = ancestor? Alys. 1711 
Edged, adj. [i-egged] (of a sword). RG. 

274 
Edict, sb. RG. 568 
Edissehen, sb. = quail. Ps. civ. 40. AS. 

edise-hen, from ' edisc, ' a park 
Edmod, adj. = mild, humble. Eragm. in 

Warton, H. E. P. vol. i. p. 21. AS. 

eadmod 
Edneth. Rel. Ant. i. 114; possibly a 

mistake for ' endeth,' i.e. comes to an end 
Edwyt, sb. = scorn. RG. 379. AS. edwite 

— v. a. == reproach. Ten. Comm. 8 

Eel, sb. HD. 897. Alys. 5792 

Efftej vb. a. = gave. RG. 367 

Efne, = in the evening. O. and N. 313 

Eft, adv. = after. RG. 367 

Eft, sb. pi. 'evetis.' Alys. 6126; f eveten.' 

M. Ode, 138. AS. efete 
Eftsoon, adv. RG. 397 
Egging, sb. = incitement. Wright's L. P. 

p. 106. AS. eggian 
Elite, sb. = goods, property. Alys. 1507 ; 

[eijte]. O. and N. 1151; [eyghtis]. Alys. 

1573. AS. wht 
Eight. RG. 1, 385 
Eighth, adj. RG. 473 
Eighteen. RG. 407 
Eighteenth, adj. RG. 436 
Eighty. RG. 478 

Eirmonger, sb.= eggseller. St Swithin, 69 
Eisliche, adj. = fearful. M. Ode, 142. 

AS. e°*eslic 
Either ,°tf.$. [eithe]. RG. 62; [aither]. 

434 (3 
Eke, adv. = also. RG. 374, 378 ; [ekyn]. 

RG. 165 
Eke, v. a. = increase. See Eche. 
Eker, sb. = watercress, weed, Alys. 6175. 

AS. eacerse 
26 



Eke, v. a. = to avenge ? RG. 474. Pro- 
bably an error for 'wreke.' See the 
parallel passage in the Life of Beket, 
1948 B., where the reading is ' wreke ' 
El, tsz else. q. v. 
Elbow, sb. Eragm. Sci. 322 
Elde, sb. = age. RG. 379, 421 

v. n. = become old [ealdi]. M. Ode, 

st. 1 
Elder, adj. RG. 367 
Elders, sb. [elderne]. RG. 11 
Eldest, adj. RG. 370, 381 
Eldrynges, sb. = elders. Alys. 4948 
Element, sb. Eragm. Sci. 124 
Elephant, sb. = the animal. Alys. 854 
a horn of ivory. Alys. 1182 



embe 



Eleven, [enlene]. RG. 441 

Eleventh, adj. [endlefte]. RG. 414, 408 

Elf, sb. pi. ' elvene.' RG. 130 

Elidelik, adj. ( f eldelike' in MS.) = elderly. 
Ritson's AS. viii. 39 

Eling, adj. = wretched. 637 (3. Dan. 
elendig. ON. eligr 

Ell, sb. RG. 429 

Else, adv. [elles]. Wright's L. P. p. 36. 
[el]. RG. 451. C E1' is the old nomi- 
native, of which ' else ' or ' elles ' is the 
genitive used absolutely. Cf. the old 
Lat. gen. ' alias ' 

Elsewhere, adv. RG. 395 

Ely, sb. = oil. Marg. 60 

Embe, prep. = concerning, for ; 
no^t ' = in vain. St Kath. 214 

Emcristen, t 9#. = equal or even Christian. 
M. Ode, st. 148 

Erne, sb. = uncle. HD. 1326. AS. earn. 

Emerald, sb. Alys. 7030. Wright's L. P. 
pp. 26, 35 

Emperor, sb. RG. 440 

Empery, sb. = empire. RG. 85 

Empoison, v. a. RG. 463 

Empress, sb. RG. 440, 442 

Emprise, sb. = attempt. Bodv and Soul, 
144 

Enchanter, sb. RG. 28 

Enchantment. RG. 10 

Enchantry, sb. RG. 10, 148 

Encheson, sb. = occasion. RG. 452, 454. 
Er. enchaison 

Encounter, v. a. 411 (3 

sb. RG. 391 

End, sb. RG. 377 

v. n. RG. 370 

- v. a. part, 'y-ended' 1770 B. 



Endday, sb. = last day of life. 
AS. ende daej? 



1574 B. 



Enderday, 



this enderday,' = this 



past day, the day which has now come 
to an end. Wright's L. P. p. 94 



EN 



EV 



Endelong, ado. = along, in length. HD. 

2822 
Ending, sb. Wright's L. P. p. 59 
Endless, adj. RG. 152 
Ene, adv. = only ? 882 B. 
Enes, adv. = once. RG. 376, 411 
Enferm, v. a. = fortify. RG. 552 
Engine, sb. — device, plot. Body and 

Soul, 125. Wright's L. P. p. 58 
Engineful, = ingenious. Alys. 4869 
Enhance, v. a. KG. 458 
Enherit, v. a. = give as an inheritance. 

Alys. 7153 
Enjoin, v. a. RG. 234 
Enke, sb. = ink. q. v. 
Enlegiance, sb. = allegiance. EG. 85 
Enliance, sb. = alliance. RG. 12 
Ennesure, sb. = game, play. Alys. 5543. 

Pr. enveysure, enveyser — to be joyous 
Enough, adv. [inouj. RG. 519. [ynou]. 

RG. 83 
Enquest, sb. 348 B. Pilate, 196 
Enqueyntance, sb. RG. 330 
Enquire, v. n. RG. 508 

— v. a. Pilate, 52 

Enquiry, sb. RG. 373 

Enreson, v. a. = to reason with. RG. 

321 
Ensample, sb. RG. 446 
Ensent, v. n. = RG. 171, 446. part. c en- 

sentan ' = assenting. RG. 239 
Entail, sb. = sculpture. Alys. 4762 
Entempri, v. a. = to temper. Pragm. 

Sci. 290 
Entent, v. n. = attend to. Alys. 2834 

• sb. = intent. RG. 140 

Ententively, adv. = attentively. 460 B. 

Enter, v. n. 640 B. 

Entrail, sb. Alys. 3628. Pr. entrailles. 

Lat. internalia 
Envenom, v. a. Alys. 5436, 5611 
Envy, sb. Body and Soul, 129 
Eode, vb. = went. RG. 417 
Epetite, sb. = bloodstone, apatite. Cok. 

92. The hepatitis of Pliny, HN. xxxvii. 

71 ; from Gr. rj-n-ap, the liver 
Epiphany, sb. Wright's L. P. p. 96 
Er, adv. = early. Wright's L. P. p. 99 
Erde, v. n. = dwell. Ps. xxi. 4; xxiv. 13. 

AS. eardian 
Ere, adv. — before than. 52 B. 

v. a. = plough. RG. 21. AS. erian 

Eremig, sb. = pitiful creature. O. and N. 

1109. AS. earm 
Eri, sb. = tillage. Pol. S. 196. AS. erian 
Ermine, sb. RG. 191. M. Ode, 182 
Erming, sb. = grieving. Alys. 1525. AS. 

earming, yrmian 
Em, sb. = eagle. RG. 177, 215. AS. earn 
e 2 



Ernde, v. a. •=. intercede, gain for another 

by intercession. Wright's L. P. p. 62. 

AS. eerendian 
Ernding, sb. = intercession. Wright's 

L. P. p. 58 ; [herendinge]. Rel. S. iv. 86 
Erne, dat. of adj. c er,'=: early; 'on erne 

morowe.' Alys. 5458 
Erne, v. n. — run. Wright's L. P. p. 81. 

AS. yrnan 
Erre, sb. = a wound, scar. Ps. xxxvii. 6. 

ON. or. Dan. ar 
Errand, sb. RG. 501. AS. serend 
Erst, = first. Wright's L. P. p. 32 
Erur, adv. = before. O. and N. 1736. AS. 

seror, from ser 
Esle, v. a. = ask. RG. 453 
Esmyte, v. n. = smite, 'to gader esmyte/ 

(of two armies). RG. 215 
Esse, v. a. = ask. RG. 374, 498 
Este, sb. = ford, provisions. O. and N, 

358. AS. est 
Este, adj. = mild, kindly^ O. andN. 997. 
= dear. Rel. Ant. i. 111. AS. este. 

ON. ast 
Estellation, sb. = astrology. Alys. 589 
Estre, sb. = condition. Alys. 5467 
Ete, sb. = eating. M. Ode, 130 
Eth, adj. = easy. M. Ode, 188. RG. 327; 

[ythe]. K. Horn, 61. _ AS. eaS 
ESiete, adj. = what is lightly thrown 

away, worthless. M. Ode, 75," 78. AS. 

ea15, lsetan 
Evangelist, sb. RG. 67, 348 
Eve, sb. RG. 415, 532 
Even, adv. with ' as,' = just as, or when. 

RG. 535 

adj. = equal. Creed, 77 

= straight, level. Wright's L. P. 

p. 35 

sb.= peer, equal. Pol. S. 157 

v. a. = compare. 1631 B. 

Evenforth, adv. = forward. 2186 B. 
Evening, sb. = eqaial, peer. 
Evenmette r adj. = coequal. 

Ps. xlviii. Yd 
Evenness, sb. = equity, Ps. ix. 8 
Evensong, sb. RG. 369 
Ever, adv. RG. 535, 370: 

RG. 74 
Ever eft, adv. 54 B, 
Evermore, adv. Wright's L. P. p. 29. 

Ritson's AS. viii. 160^ 
Every, adj. [every ehe]. RG. 374 
Everyldele, s b. = every part. RG. 408 
Evil, sb. = sickness. HD. 114 ; misfortune. 

Ps. lxxxix. 15 ; [uvel]. RG. 472 

. adj. [uvele]. 413 B. 

adv. O. and N. 1204. 404 B. 

Evilness, sb. Ps. xxxv. 5 ; li. 5 

27 



Alys. 3008 
Creed, 58. 



[everne]. 



EW 



FE 



Ewt, sb. Sec Eft 

Executor, sb. Pragm. on Seven Sins, 42 

Ey, sb. = egg. RG. 404. pi. ' eiren.' St 

Swithin, 57. Germ. ei. AS. eeg. ON. egg 
Eye, *0. = awe. 11G. 469, 507. AS. ege 
Eye, sb. = organ of sight. RG. 376. AS. 

eage 
Eyebrow. Pol. S. 239 
Eyful, adj. = proud, [hey vol]. RG. 377 
Eyre, sb.= journey, circuit. RG. 517. 

Lat. iter 



Fabling, sb. = fable, story. Ps. cxviii. 85 

Face, sb. RG. 476 

Fadme, v. a.= embrace. HD. 1295. AS. 

fseomian 
Fagen, adj. = glad, fain. Fragment in 

Warton, H. E. P. vol. i. p. 31. AS. 

fsegen 
Fail, v. n. — wither (of fruit). RG. 414. 

3 s. pres. ' fait.' O. and N. 37 ; part. 

'ifaiiled.' Pol. S. 202 
Fail, sb. RG. 369 

Fain, v. a. = be glad, rejoice. Ps. xix. 6 
Fain, adj. RG. 349 ; [vavve]. RG. 218 
Fainness, sb. = gladness. Ps. iv. 7 
Faint, adj. Wright's L. P. p. 25 
Faintise, sb. = cowardice. RG. 39 
Faintly, adv. RG. 515 
Fair, adj. — beautiful. RG. 383 
= iight, pale (of colour). RG. 429. 

c fairer/ RG. 395; 'fairest.' 133/3 

v. n. = become fair. Alys. 2903 

Fairhede, sb. — fairness. RG. 118 
Fairly, adv. = pleasantly, easilv. RG. 

446 
Fairy, sb. = enchantment. Alys. 6924. 

Pr. faerie, fae 
Faith, sb. [fei]. 2074 B. 
Falcon, sb. Wright's L. P. p. 26 
Fale, adj. = many. RG. 416, 146. AS. 

feala 
Falewe, v. a. = become yellow. Wright's 

L. P. p. 50. AS. fealo. 
Falewi, sb. == yellowness. O. and N. 456 
Fall, v. n. RGJ6. pret. 'fell' RG. 401. 

part. ' ifallen.' O. and N. 514. 'itfalleth 

not to thee,' = it is not thy duty or lot. 

Leg. of St Cuthbert, cited in Warton, 

H. E. P. vol. i. p. 14, n. 
v. a. = make to fall. part. ' yfalle.' 

Alvs. 7183 
Fallows, sb. = fields. HD. 2509. AS. 

fealh 
False, adj. RG. 385 
Falsehood, sb. RG. 454 
28 



Falseleke, sb. = falsehood. Wright's 

L. P. p. 32 
Falsely, adv. Wright's L. P. p. 31 
Falseness. Pol. S. 150 
Falseship. Pol. S. 212 
Fame, sb. RG. 367 
Fanding, sb. = temptation. Ps. xvii. 30 
Fanger, sb. — taker, lifter up. Ps. ii. 4 
Far, adv. [ver]. RG. 502; [feor]. O. and 

N. 921 
Farant, adj. = walking. Alys. 3460 
Fare, v. n. = go, journey. 657 /3. pret. 

'fore.' Ps. civ. 13 
= succeed, turn out. 918 B. part. 

'ifare.' O. and N. 400 

= behave. 2076 B. 

= fare, live. 20 B. 

sb. = journey. RG. 52 

= custom, proceeding. Alys. 7072. 

Ritson's AS. viii. 158, 188 
Farforth, adv. = far. RG. 448 

= entirely [ferforth]. RG. 242 

Farm, v. a. RG. 378 

Farthing, sb. = the coin so called. RG. 

507 
Fast, adj. = firm, sure. Wright's L. P. 

p. 37 
adv. = quickly. RG. 490 ; strongly. 

Id. ibid. 
Fast, v. n. = abstain from food. 2512 B. 

part, 'fasting.' RG. 545. AS. fsestan 

sb. 2511 B. 

Fasten, v. a. Pol. S. 214. Ps. xcii. 1 

Fasting, sb. RG. 405 

Fastlic, adv. = firmly. Creed of St Athan. 

101 
Fastness, sb. = castle. Ps. xvii. 3 

= firmness. Ps. lxxii. 4 

Fastrede, adj. = firm in counsel. O. and 

N. 211 
Fat, adj. RG. 429 

v. a. = fatten. Pol. S. 150 

Father, sb. RG. 382 

Fatherless, adj. RG. 142 

Fatte, = fetched. See Petch 

Fathom, sb. [fedme]. Alys. 546 

Fatness, sb. Ps. cxlvii. 14 

Fawning, sb. = flattery, deceit. Wright's 

L. P. p. 23 
Fax, sb. = hair. Wright's' L. P. p. 33. 

AS. feax 
Fayly, adj. =base, vile. Pol. S. 157. Pr. 

failli. Yid. Roq. 
Fear, sb. RG. 402 
Feast, sb. = festival. RG. 376 
Feather, sb. RG. 487 
Feathered, adj. Alys. 5406 
Feblesse, sb. = feebleness. RG. 412 
Fedme, = fathom, q. v. 



FE 



FI 



Fee, sb. = money. RG. 565. AS. feoh 
= cattle [feh]. Wright's L. P. p. 48. 

Pol. S. 152 
Feeble, adj. RG. 379, 380. 'feebler.' 

RG. 372 

= bad. 'feblewede.' HD. 323 

Feebly, ado. 1178 B. ; [feblelike]. HD. 

418 
Feed, v. a. RG.375. pret. ' fedde.' 273 B. 

part. ' ifed.' _ 300 (3 

= obtain, conquer. Alys. 3064 

Feel, v. a. part, 'yvelde.' RG. 185 
Feeling*, sb. = sense of feeling. Pragm. 

Sci. 333 
Fei, = faith, q. v. 

Feide, 'sb.= feud, league. Alys. 97 
Feign, v. a. = pretend. RG. 421 
= form. 3 s. pres. ' feinyhes.' Ps. 

xciii. 9, 20. Lat. fingere 
Feintise, sb. = deceit, feigning. RG. 39 
Fel, sb. = skin. RG. 208. AS. fell 
Felawrede, sb. = fellowship. Alys. 6199 
Fele, adj. = many. 571 B. AS. t'eala 
Felefold, v. a. = multiply. Ps. xi. 9. 

part. ' felefolded.' Ps. iii. 2 
Fell, adj. = cruel. Body and Soul, 228. 

AS. fell 

v. a, RG. 415, 526 

Felle, v. a. = fulfil ? or perhaps a mis- 
take for ' telle.' K. Horn, 1292 
Fellow, sb. RG. 397, 524 
Felon, sb. 565 B. 
Felony, sb. RG. 526 
Fen, sb. = marsh. RG. 6 

= mud, dirt. Ps. xvii. 43 

Fenestre, sb. = window. RG. 312 
Feng, v. a. = take. RG. 36. 3 pi. pret. 

' fongon.' RG. 36 
Fenge, sb. = a grapple. O. and N. 12S3. 

AS. feng 
Fenge, sb. = a girl. Wright's L. P. p. 36. 

ON. fenna 
Fennel, sb. Wright's L. P. p. 44. AS. 

fenol 
Feoff, v. a. RG. 369, 370 
Feorne, adj. = ancient. Alys. 6356. AS. 

fyrn 
Feorre, adv. = from far. O. and N. 1321 
Fer, adv. See Par 
Ferblet ? Pragm. Sci. 275, 280 
Ferd, sb. = army. RG. 19, 204. AS. fyrd 
Ferdness, sb. = fear. Ps. lxxxviii. 41 
Fere, v. a. = carrv. 

Sins, 41 
Fere, sb. = companion, equal. Wright's 

L. P. pp. 24, 36. AS. fera, gefera 
Fered, adj. = afraid. Wright's L. P. p. 24 
Feres, vb. wipers. = it becomes, suits. 

Ps. lxiv. 2 



Pragm. on Seven 



Ferhede, sb. = company. RG. 138 
Ferinkli, adv. = suddenly. Ps. lxiii. 6. 

AS. fseringa 
Ferlich, adv. = wonderfully. RG. 299, 

509. AS. fserlic 

adj. = fearful. Rel. Ant. ii. p. 176 



Ferly, sb. = a wonder. Ritson's AS. viii. 

14 
Ferth, sb. =road. RG. 8. AS. faran. 

W. ffordd 
Festel, sb. = a chain. Ps. cxlix. 8. AS. 

fetel 
Fet, sb. = vat, vessel. Marg. 61. AS. faet 
Fetch, v. a, RG. 437. pret. 'fette.' RG. 

15. w fatte.' Pol. S. 152. AS. feccan 
Fetter, v. a. HD. 2758 
sb. HD. 2759 



Few, adj. [vewe]. RG. 402, 368. pi. ( fone.' 

Ps. cvi. 39 
Fewness, sb. Ps. ci. 24 
Fewte, sb. = fidelity, fealty. Alys. 2911. 

Pr. feute 
Feye, adj. = near to die. Wright's L. P. 

p. 28. AS. fEege 



Feynes, sb. = phoenix ? 



Wright's L. P. 
AS. ficol 



p. 36 
Fickle, adj. HD. 1210. 
Fiddle, sb. 185 (3 
Field, sb. RG. 380, 565 
Fiend, sb. HD. 2229 
Fierce, adj. [fers]. RG. 486, 543 
Fiery, adj. [fury]. RG. 340, 334 
Fifteen. RG. 416 
Fifteenth, adj. RG. 522 
Fifth, adj. RG. 400 
Fifty. RG. 382 
Fight, v. n. RG. 455 ; [feae]. Pol. S. 154. 

pret, 'fo2te. RG. 400. part. ' vfa^t.' RG. 

208 
sb. RG. 173 ; [fyth]. Wright's 

L. P. p. 23 
Fighter, sb. Alys. 5703 
Fighting, sb. RG. 299 
Fightlac, sb. = conflict. O. and N. 1697. 

AS. feohtlac, from « lac ' = play, sport. 
Figure, sb. [vigour] = an image, idol. 

Alys. 1524. Ps. xcvi. 7 
Fikele, v. a. = flatter. RG. 31, 36. AS. 

ficol 
Fikeling, sb. = flattery. RG. 30 
Fildore, = made of gold thread. Wright's 

L. P. p. 33. Pr. fil d'or 
File, sb. == a vile person. HD. 499 
Fill, v. a. [fullel. RG. 13. part, 'yfuld.' 

RG. 120 

= fulfil. Wright's L. P. p. 99 

Fille, sb. = thread. RG. 128, 297. Pr. fil 
= wild thyme. Wright's L. P. p. 44. 

AS. fylle. Lat, serpyllum 

29 



FI 



FO 



foimde.' RG. 



Fillet, sb. Pol. S. 154 
Filth, sb. Alys. 6370 
Fiithhede, sb. RG. 290 
Fin, sb. Alys. 6591 
Find, v. a. RG. 463. pret. 

374. part, 'yfounde.' EG. 87 
Finder, sb. Alys. 4794 
Finding, sb. = invention. Ps. lxxx. 13 
Fine, sb. = end. RG. 413 

#. n. ■= cease. 129 B. 

v. a. = pay a fine. RG. 528, 511 

Finger, sb. 1194 B. 

Fining, sb. = end. Alys. 801 5 

Fire, «&. [fuyr]. RG. 151 ; [fir]. RG. 108 

Firebrand, sb. Alys. 6848 

Fired, adj. = fiery. Ps. cxviii. 140 

Fireiron, sb. [furire] = a steel for striking 

a light. 639 (3 
Firmament, sb. 243 /3 
Firren, adj. = made of fir. HD. 2078 
First, adj. 119 B. 

adv. 101 B. ; [vorst]. RG. 383 

Firstkinned, adj. = first-born. Ps. civ. 

36 
Fish, sb. RG. 1, 6 

v. n. St Andrew, 3 

Fisher, sb. [vyssare]. RG. 265 
Fishing, sb. St Andrew, 4 ; [vyssetli]. 

RG. 264 
Fist, sb. [fust]. RG. 345 
Fitte, sb. = match, equal. 

The Prompt. Parv. gives 

equus, congruus ' 
Five. RG. 383, 518 
Flaune, sb. = pancake. 

flan 
Flay. See Plea 
Flea, sb. Pol. S. 238 
Flea, v. a. = flay [flo]. HD. 612. pret. 

'flow/ HD. 2o02 ; part. 'yflawe/ Alys. 

894 
Flecche, v. n. — flinch. 951 B. 
Flee, v. a. = escape from. RG. 367 
v. «. = flee away. RG. 380, 501; 

3 pi. pret. 'flodeden/ = fled. Alys. 

2411; part, 'flen,' = made to flee. RG. 

258 
Fleet, adj. = swift [flette]. Alys. 3740 
Fleme, v. a. = banish. RG. 562, 547 ; 

part, 'yfloynd.' RG. 328; 'fleme. 5 

Wright's L. P. p. 44 ; ' flemed.' Ritson's 

AS. viii. 178. AS. flyman 
Flescher, sb. = fleece. Ps. lxxi. 6 
Flesh, sb. RG. 406, 514 
Fleshly, adj. Wright's L. P. p. 72 
Fleshhede, sb. = the Incarnation. Creed 

of St Athan. 66 
Flet, adj. = flat, i. e. stupid. Wright's 

L.P.p.47 
30 



O. and N. 782. 
' Pyt or mete — 

HD. 644. Pr. 



RG. 433; virginity. Pall 



Flette, sb. = a floor, flat. Alys. 1105 ; 

[flitte]. Rel. Ant. ii. p. 192. AS. flett 

= ground. Alvs. 2884 

= battlefield. Alvs. 2378 

Fleur-de-lis, sb. Pol. S. 190 

Fling, v. n. = rush hastily. Alys. 1165 ; 

pret. < fleng/ lb. 6084. Sw. flanga 

adv. ? = rashly. Alys. 4602 

Flint, sb. HD. 2667. AS. flint 
Fliting, sb. = scorn. Ps. cvi. 40. AS. 

flitan 
Flitte, v. n. fly. Rel. Ant. ii. p. 192 
Float, v. n. [flete]. RG. 261; pret. 'flet/ 

Pilate, 251 
Flock, sb. = company. HD. 24 
Flon, sb. = arrows. RG. 394. AS. flan 
Flood, sb. RG. 20, 416 
Floor, sb. RG. 288 
Flosche, sb. = pit. Ps. xxvii. 1 ; xxix. 4 ; 

[flask]. Ps. cxlii. 7. ON. flaska, 

diflindere 
Flouren, adj. = made of flour. Cok. 55 
Flow, v. n. 3 s. pres. ' floh/ O. and N. 

918. AS. flo wan 
Flower, sb. 

and P. 52 

v. n. = bloom. Alys. 2904 

Flum, sb. = stream. Alys. 3402. AS. 

flum. Lat. flumen 
Flumbardyng, sb. = a fiery, hot-tem- 
pered man. Alys. 1788. Pr. flambard, 

a torch 
Fly, sb. (the insect). RG. 428 
Fly, v. n. = to fly with wings ; pret. ' fles ' 

184 (3 ; part. ' yflowe.' RG. 29 
= to fly away, escape ; pret. ' flowe/ 

RG. 372; 'flew.' RG. 18 
Fnaste, v. n. = breathe. HD. 548. AS. 

fnaest 
sb. = breath or windpipe ? O. and 

N. 44 
Fo, v. a. = take. O. and N. 179 ; [vone]. 

RG. 204 ; [ifo]. O. and N. 612 ; 3 s. 

pres. 'ifodh/ O. and IN. 1643. AS. ion 
Foam, sb. 404 /3. AS. fam 

v. n. RG. 208 

Fode, sb. = child. K. Horn, 1384. AS. 

fedan 
Foder, sb. = producer, mother. Alys. 

645 
Foe, sb. pi. ' fon/ RG. 401 ; ' fan/ Ps. 

xli. 11; 'ivo/ O. andN. 1714; 'faas.' 

Ps. xxx. 12 
Foeman, sb. Wright's L. P. p. 101 
Foh, adj. = particoloured (of dress). Rel. 

S. iv. 28. AS. fah 
Foil, v. a. = defile. Alys. 2712 
Foison, sb. = plenty. Alys. 1012. Pr. 

foison. Lat. fusio 



FO 



FO 



Fold, sb. = sheepfold. Pol. S. 152. AS 

fald 
Fold, sb. = earth. 

AS. folde 



Wright's L. P. p. 24. 



AS. fealdau 
Folewen, v. a. = baptize. Marg. 58. 

AS. fullian, to whiten, baptize 
Folht, sb. = baptism. Pol. S. 157. AS. 

fulluht 
Foliot, sb. = folly. O. and N. 866 
Folk, sb. RG. 376, 377 
Folliche, adv. — foolishly. 647 B. 
Follow, v. a. Wright's L. P p. 48 ; pret. 

< fulied.' 0. and N. 1237 
= persecute. 3 pi. pres. ' filiyhen.' 

Ps. cxviii. 157; 'fylegh.' Ps. vii. 6; 

pret. 'filiyhed.' Ps. cxviii. 161; part. 

1 filyhand.' Ps. vii. 2 
Folly, sb. 156 B. 
Fond, v. a. = try. RG. 455 ; part. 

'yfonded.' EG. 102. AS. fandian 
Fonge, v. a. = take up, resume. Pol. S. 

216. AS. fdn, fangen 
Fontstone, sb. RG. 247 
Food, sb. Wright's L. P. p. 69 
Fool, adj. = foolish. EG. 568 

sb. 768 B. 

Foot, sb. RG. 490; pi. f fet.' RG. 508 
Footfast, adj. = captive. Ps. ci. 21 
Footfastness, sb. = captivity. Ps. civ. 18 
For, prep. = on account of. RG. 58 

■ = during (of time). 11 B. 

adv. = because. RG. 366. 16 B. 

Forasmuch, adv. RG. 454 

Forban, v. a. — summon. 0. and N. 1091 

Forbear, v. n. RG. 526 

v. a. = space. Alys. 4509 

Forbearing, sb. Alys. 3826 
Forbeode, v. a. = expect. Wright's L. P. 

p. 23 
Forberne, v. n. = burn. O. and N. 419. 

Rel. S. iv. 11 

v. a. — part. 'verbarnd.' RG. 378 

Forbid, v. a. RG. 494 

Forbisen, sb. = example, fable. O. and 

N. 244. Pol. S. 197. AS. forebysen 
Forbisening, sb. = parable. Ps. xlviii. 5 
Forbreak, v. a. 

' forbroken,' = 
Forbreaking*, 

xiii. 3 
Forbreide, v. a. = offend against. O. and 

N. 1381. Dan. for-bryde 
v. n. = commit a crime. O. 

and N. 510 
Forbrode, Forbroide, adj. = criminal. 

O. and N. 1379. RG. 21, 205 
Forby, prep. = beyond. Ps. xx. 7 ; xliv. 3 



= break. RG. 375 ; part. 

corrupt. Ps. xiii. 1 

sb. = destruction. Ps. 



For cast, = cast. Ps. xxi. 11 

Force, v. a. = take care, heed. Leg. of 

St Wolstan in Warton, H. E. P. vol. i. 

p. 16 
Forcleave, v. a. = cleave. RG. 17, 401 
Fording-, v. n. = wither; pret. 'forclonge.' 

Pilate, 216 
For come, v. a. = anticipate. Ps. xvi. 13. 
v. n. = come before. Ps. 

cxviii. 147 
Forcrempe, v. =:to be convulsed, furious ? 

O. and N. 510. Dan. krampe, a spasm 

or convulsion 
Fordeme, v. a. = condemn. O. and N. 

1096 
Fordit, part. = shut up. Body and Soul, 

236. AS. fordyttian 
Fordo, v. a. == destroy. Wright's L. P. 

p. 71 

=z pnt away. Ps. lxxxviii. 45 

Fordred, adj. = afraid. Wright's L. P. 

p. 88 
Fordrue, v. n. = become dry. O. and N. 

820. AS. fordrugan 
Fordwine, v. n. = dwindle away. Pilate, 

215. AS. fordwinan 
v. a. = cause to wither ; part. 

' fordwinnen.' Rel. Ant. ii. p. 211 
Fore, adv. = before. 31 B. 
Fore, sb. = track. 0. and N. 815. AS. 

for 
= business, proceeding ? ' hys fore 

was noat ' ±= it was all over with him. 

RG. 386 
Forehead, sb. 2217 B. 
Foremost, adj. Wright's L. P. p. 41 
Forene, adj. = interior, hidden; l chambre 

forene' = a privy chamber. RG. 310. 

Pr. foreins. Vid. Roq. 
Forest, sb. RG. 375 
Forester, sb. RG. 499 
Foretoken. Ps. Ixxvii. 43 
Foretokening, sb. Ps. lxx. 7 
Foreward, sb. = compact, agreement. 

RG. 391, 514. AS. foreweard 
Forfare, v. a. — destroy. Marg. 4 ; part. 

'furfarne.' Marg. 53; 'forfaren.' HD. 

1380. The AS. 'forfaran' appears to be 

only used in the neuter sense = to perish, 

but ' furfare ' is used actively in Lr^amon 
Forfret, v. a. = devour. RG. 8. AS. fretan 
Forget, v. a. RG. 446 



= forgetfulness, oblivion. 



Forgetelnes, 

Ps. ix. 19 
Forgive, v. a. 1002 B. 
Forgiveness, sb. RG. 58 
Forgnide, v. a. = destroy, pret. c for- 

gnode.' Ps. civ. 16 ; cvi. 16. AS. for- 

gnidan 

31 



FO 



FO 



Forgo, v. a. RG. 290. pret. c foreode.' 

Wright's L. P. p. 23 
Forgraythe, v. a. = prepare. Ps. xx. 13 
Forgraything, sb. = preparation, design. 

Ps. ix. 38 
Forgulte ? RG. 1 
Forhaht, = despised, hated ? Wright's 

L. P. p. 37. AS. forhicgan ? 
Forheaded, = beheaded. Alys. 1366 
Forhele, v. a. = conceal, part. ' forhole.' 

Alys. 6967. In v. 7349, it seems to be 

used adverbially, and to mean ' secretly.' 

AS. forhelan 
Forheler, sb. = a concealer. Ps. xvii. 31 
Forheling, sb. = concealment. Ps. xvii. 

19 
Forhenge, v. a. =hang. HD. 2724 
Forhoght, sb. = contempt. Ps. cxviii. 22 
Forhone, v. a. = scorn, despise. Ps. xliii. 

6. AS. hynan, forhohnes 
Forhx^e, v. a. = despise. O. and 1NY1600. 

AS. forhogian 
Fork, sb. Alys. 1191 
Forlaped, adj. = tired with lapping or 

drinking ? Pol. S. 238 
Forlength, v. a. = lengthen. Ps. cxxviii. 3 
Forlere, v. a. = learn. O. and N. 924 
Forleose, v. a. = lose. O. and N. 1664. 

part. ' forlore. 5 RG. 243 
Forlest, v. a. = destroy. Ps. xx. 11. AS. 

lsestan 
Forlet, v. a. = leave alone. 1997 B. part. 

* forlet ' = desert. Alys. 2889 

= allow. Ps. cxxiv. 3 

Forleteness, sb. = contempt. Ps. cxxii. 3 
Forleting, sb. = contempt. Ps. cxxii. 4 
Form, sb. = manner. RG. 388 ; shape. 

Pilate, 125 
Formanging, sb. = changing. Ps. liv. 

20. AS. margian 
Forme, adj. = first. 0. and N. 818. 

AS. forma 
Formeward, Formerward, sb. = van- 
guard. Alys. 5733, 7786 
Forn, sb. ' ]>at form' = therefore. Creed 

of St Athan. 7. Cf. ']>er forne.' Ps. 

xvii. 3 
Fornomen, part. = carried away. Ps. 

cviii. 23. AS. forniman 
Forpine, v. n. = languish. 2402 B. 
Forrede, v. a. — deceive. Body and Soul, 

131 
Forshaken,^^^. = shaken. Ps. cviii. 23 ; 

cxxvi. 4 
Forsake, v. a. RG. 411 
Forsee, v. a. == overlook, neglect. Ps. ix. 

22 

= see. pret. ( forsegh.' Ps. xci. 



12 



32 



Forset, t>. a. = place. Ps. cxxxvi. 6 
Forsetting, sb. = proposition, discourse. 

Ps. xlviii. 5 
For sleuthed, vb. pret. = grew slothful. 

RG. 197 
Forspeak, v. a. = speak against. Ps. 

xliii. 17 
Forspread, v. a. = spread. Ps. xxxv. 11 
Forswallow, v. a. = swallow [vorsuolwe]. 

RG. 206 ; [forswoiehen]. Rel. S. v. 215 
For swart ed, part. = blackened, swarthy. 

Pilate, 227 
Forswat, part. = covered with sweat. 

Pol. S. 158 
Forswear, v. a. = give up a thing. RG. 

387 
— perjure, part. ' forsworn.' 

RG. 446, 457 
Forswelte, part. = suffocated. Alys. 

7559. AS. forsweltan 
Forswoiehen. See Forswallow 
Forte, adv. = until. RG. 463 
Forth, adv. RG. 554 
Forthbring, v. a. Ps. lxxvii. 26 
Forthcall, v. a. = challenge. Ps. lxxvii. 58 
Forthcast, v. a. Ps. xlix. 17 
Forthcome, sb. Ps. civ. 38 
Forther, = forwarder. 639 /3 
Forthern, vb. See Further 
Forthferred, part. = gone forth. Ps. 

cxix. 5 
Forthgang, sb. Ps. cxliii. 14 
Forthfollow, v. n. Ps. lxviii. 32 
Forthgo, v. n. part. ' forthgaand.' Ps. 

lxxxviii. 42 
Forthi, adv. = therefore. Wright's L. P. 

p. 28. AS. forjri 
Forthlead, v. a. Ps. lxviii. 32 
Forthlook, v. n. Ps. xiii. 2 ; lxxxiv. 12 
Forthrist, v. a. = smash, crush. Ps. xlvii. 

8. AS. forJ>rsestian 
Forthshew, v. a. Ps. cxliv. 4 
Forthward, adv. RG. 245 
Fortnight, sb. 2327 B. 
Fortread, v. a. = tread down. Ps. vii. 6. 

pret. 'fortrade.' Ps. lv. 2 
Fortress, sb. Alys. 2668 
Forty. RG. 419 
Forwake,^#/^. = having been long awake. 

Wright's L. P. p. 28 
Forwerp, v. a. = throw away, reject. Ps. 

1. 13. AS. forweorpan 
Forworthe, part. = destroyed, made 

worthless. O. and N. 548 
Forwleynt, part. = puffed up. Wright's 

L. P. p. 24. AS. wlanc 
Forwondred, part. = astonished. Ps. 

xlvii. 6 
Forwounded, part. RG. 56, 306 



FO 



FTJ 



Foryield, v. a. = recompense. Ps. cxxxvi. 

8; xvii. 21 
Foryielding, sb. = reward. Ps. xviii. 12; 

cxxx. 2 
Foster, v. a. HD. 1434. Ps. liv. 23 
Fother, sb. = a weight of 19 cwt. of lead, 

thence c a large quantity/ Alys. 1809; 

'a lump.' Alys. 6467. AS. fofier 
Fou, sb. = yellow or tawny fur ? M. Ode, 

182. Rel. Ant. ii. p. 192. Fr. fauve 
Foul, adj. RG. 380, 490 

v. a. = defile. 0. and N. 96 

Found, v. a. part, 'ifounded.' RG. 469 
Foundling, sb. K. Horn, 234 
Four. EG. 389 
Fourscore. RG. 382 
Fourteen. RG. 383 
Fourteenth, adj. RG. 408 
Fourth, adj. [verthe]. RG. 415 
Fous, adj. = eager. Wright's L. P. p. 50. 

■ AS. fus 

Fox, s b. RG. 570 

adj.= crafty; Rel. S. i. 15. ON. fyx, 

■ crafty 

Fowl, sb. = bird. RG. 1; [We]. 

O. and N. 64 
Fo3e, sb. = agreement. 0. and N. 184. 

AS. fog 
Fraist, v. a. = try. Ps. xi. 7. ON. fresta 
Frame, sb. = profit. Wright's L. P. p. 71. 

AS. freme. ON. frami 
Franchise, sb. RG. 47, 499 
Franklin, sb. RG. 36 
Free, adj. RG. 474 

i = liberal, noble. RG.420. AS.fred 

Freedom, sb. HD. 631 
Freeman, sb. HD. 628 
Freeze, v. a. part. ' yfrore.' RG. 265. 

'frore.' Wright's L. P. p. 25 
V-. n. Wright's L. P. p. 110 ; 3 s. 

pres. c frost.' O. and N. 620 
Freitour, sb. = friar's room. 275 
Freke, sb. «= champion. Alys. 2161. AS. 

freca 
Frely, adj. = noble, beautiful. Wright's 

L. P. pp. 45, 46 
Fremd, adj. = foreign. HD. 2277. AS. 

fremed 
Freme, v. a. = perform, HD. 441. AS. 

fremman 
Freondrede, sb. = friendship. Alys. 1488 
Fresh, adj. = active I verssel. RG. 395, 

397 

= inhabiting fresh water (of fish). 

RG. 1 



= new, untired. Alys. 2405 



Fret, v. a. = tear, devour. RG. 417 ; pret. 
c frate.' Ps. lxxix. 14; part, 'ifrette.' 
Pol S. -201. .AS.fretan 



Friar, sb. RG. 492, 545 

Friday. RG. 229 

Frie, v. a. — blame. HD. 1998. ON. 

fryja 
Friend, sb. RG. 388, 502 
Friendless, adj. RG. 343 
Friendship, sb. RG. 35 
Friendsome, adj. Ps. lxviii. 17 
Friendsomeness, sb. Ps. lxiv. 1 2 
Fright, sb. Body and Soul, 172 
Frith, sb. [fryht] = a wood. Wright's 

L. P. pp.. 36, 26. Low Lat. 'fretum.' 

SS. fri8. See La}, iii. 287 
Fro, adj. = good. Wright's L. P. p. 100. 

AS. from 
Frog, sb. RG, 69; [frosk]. Ps. civ. 30. 

AS. frosc 
From, prep. [fram]. RG. 501, 500; [fron]. 

O. and N. 1612 
Frome, sb. = beginning. O. and N. 477. 

AS. fruma 
Fromward, adv. 885 B. 
Fronst, adj. = shrivelled. Alys. 1630. 

Pr. froncer 
Front, sb. = brow. 1195 B. 
Frontel, sb. = frontlet. Pol. S. 154 
Frosk. See Prog 
Frost, sb. RG. 416 ; [forst]. O. and N. 

524 
Frother, vb. = comfort. AS. frdfre 
Frouri, v. a. = comfort. O. and N. 535. 

AS. frofrian 
Frou^, adj. = wicked, fro ward. Body and 

Soul, 150. AS. fnec 
Frude, sb. = ferret. M. Ode, 138. Fr. 

furet. Dut. foret 
Fruit, sb. RG. 372, 378 
Fruitful, adj. Ps. cxlviii. 9 
Frusche, v. a. = smash. Alys. 1814. Fr. 

froisser, fruisser 
Fuatted. Probably a mistake for ' flatted.' 

Alys. 6447 
Fuel, sb. RG. 568 
Fulfil, v. a. M. Ode, st. 150 (Hickes), but 

the Egerton MS. st. 156, reads *ful5 : 
Fulhede, sb. = fulness. Ps. xxxv. 9 
Full, a§. RG. 33, 380; [fulli]. Ps 

cxxxviii. 22 
Full, v. a. = baptize, lit. ' whiten.' part 

'yvolled.' RG. 239; 'ifulled.' St Kath 

141. AS. fullian 
Full, sb. = the whole. Pol. S, 151 
Fuller, sb: Pol. S. 188 
Fully, adv. [follyche]. RG. 371 ; [fuliche] 

O. and N. 128 
Fulmake, v. a. = complete, perfect. Ps 

xvi. 5 
Fundament, sb. (of the body). RG 

310, 526 

33 



FU 

Fundement, sb. = foundation. RG. 130 
Fur, sb. Alys. 3295 
Furchures, sb. = legs. Alys. 4995^ 
Furford, part, for ' forfared ' = perished. 

Alys. 3814; where the first 'ymad' 

should be omitted 
Furlong, sb. Pol. S. 69 
Furred, adj. Alys. 5474 
Furrow, sb. HD. 1094 
Further, v. a. [forthern]. Wright's L. P. 

p. 99 

: adj. 2360 B. 

Furthermore, adv. Ritson's AS. viii. 42 
Fyger, sb. = fig-tree. Alys. 5784 
Fyke, v. a. — deceive, flatter. Wright's 

L. P. p. 46. Cf. 'fikele/ and AS. facen 



Gabbe, v. n. = chatter, joke. Pol. S. 204. 

AS. gabban 

sb. = talking. Wright's L. P. p. 49 

Gabbing, sb. = talking. * bi my gabbyng.' 

Pol. S. 158. (Cf. ' on my word.') 

= idle talk. 6. and N. 626. 



AS. gabbung 

Gadeling, sb. = lit. 'companion;' thence 

. afterwards a term of reproach, vagabond. 

RG. 310. See Gloss. Rem. to La^. iii. 

485. AS. gsedeling 
Gaff, sb. = an iron hook. Rel. Ant. ii. p. 

174. Pr. gaffe 
Gage, sb. == pledge. Alys. 7236. Pr. gage. 

Lat. vadium 
Gain, adj. = elegant, gainly. Wright's 

L. P. p. 29. ON. gegn. Su. Goth, gen 
Gain, v. a. = obtain. Pol. S. 151 
Gainsay, sb. = contradiction. Ps. lxxix. 7 
Gale, sb. = banquet or dance. Wright's 

L. P. p. 26. Pr. gale. AS, gal 
= chattering, noise. Alys. 2047 ; a 

song. Alys. 2548. AS. galan 
Galegale, sb. = noise, twittering. O. and 

N. 256 
Galek, sb. Cok. 103 ; a mistake for c gar- 

lek,' which is the reading of MS. Harl. 

913 
Galingale, sb. = the sweet cyperus. Cok. 

71. Pr. galangue 
Gall, sb. Wright's L. P. p. 99 
Gallon, sb. K. Horn, 1155. Rel. S. vii. 37 
Gallop, v. n. Alys. 461. Goth, 'hlaupan,' 

with ' ga ' prefixed 
Gallows, sb. HD. 1161 
Gallowtree, sb. HD. 43 
Gambison, sb. = a stuffed doublet. Alys. 

5151. Pr. gambais. Goth, wamba. See 

Burguy, s. v. gambais 
34 



GE 

Game, $5.='sport. RG. 567, 375 ; [gome]. 

O. and N. 521 
Gamen, sb. = sport, pleasure. HD. 2135. 

AS. gamen 
Gan, vb. = began. 98 B. ; [gonne]. RG. 

371 
Gange, v. n. = go. HD. 1057. AS. 

gangan . 

■ ■ sb. = going, footstep. Ps. xvi. 5 

Gangle, v. n. = jangle. Alys. 7413 

Gaoler, sb. Pilate, 218 

Gardener, "sb. Pragm. in Warton, H. E.P. 

vol. i. p. 20 
Gargaze, sb. — throat. Alys. 3636. Pr. 



Garland, sb. Pol. S. 218. Pr. garlande, 

from Lat. gyrus 
Garlic, sb. Cok. 103 
Garner, sb. Pol. S. 238. AS. gearo, 

ready 
Garnet, sb. Wright's L. P. p. 25. Pr. 

grenat 
Garste, v. a. = terrify. See Gast 
Garyson, sb. = reward, payment. RG. 

409, 413. Pr. garison 

=[care, office. 790 B. 

Gast, v. a. = terrify. Wright's L. P. p. 

90; [garste]. Pol S. 222 
Gaste, = ghost, q. v. 
Gate, sb. = way. Ps. i. 6 ; f thus gate,' = 

this way. HD. 2586. ON. gata 

= manner, fashion. HD. 2419 

Gate, sb. = entrance to a house. RG. 

539, 394. AS. geat 
Gateward, sb. = doorkeeper. K. Horn, 

1099 
Gather, v. a. RG. 380, 505 
v. n. part. ' gaderyng.' Rel. Ant. 

ii. p. 175 
Gaveler, sb. = usurer. Ps. cviii. 11. AS. 

gafel 
Gavelock, sb. = javelin. Alys. 1355. 

Ps. liv. 22. AS. gafeloc 
Gay, adj. Wright's L. P. p. 52 
Gear, sb. = dress, appearance. Wright's 

L. P. p. 36. AS. gearwa 
Geld, adj. = impotent, barren. Rel. Ant. 

ii. p. 210. Ps. cxii. 9 
Geld, v. a. Wright's L. P. p. 24 
Geldhede, sb. = barrenness. Ps. xxxiv. 12 
Gem, sb. [zimme]. RG. 489 
General, adj. RG. 495 
Genge, sb. = family. HD. 790 

= host, army ; [gyng]. Alys. 922 

= nation. Ps. ii. 8. AS. gcngc 

Gent, adj. = gentle. RG. 24 
Gentle, adj. = noble. RG. 420 
Gentleman, sb. [gengylman]. RG. 323 
Gentrise, sb. = nobleness, RG. 46, 434 



GE 



GO 



Georre, sb. = anger. M. Ode, 139. AS. 

eorre, which is the reading of one MS. 
Geoter, sb. = a caster of metals. Alys. 

6735. AS. geotan 
Gersoun, sb. = treasure. Bel. Ant. ii. p. 

217. AS. gersume. ON. gersemi 
Gest, sb. = gesture, appearance. Alys. 

6413 
Gest, sb. = a tale. HD. 2328. Fr. geste. 

Lat. gestum 
Gestning, sb.'= hospitality. Alys. 1779 
Geswinc, sb. = toil. M. Ode, 98. AS. 

geswinc 
Get, v. a. = obtain. HD. 792 ; part. 

'igotte.' Pol. S. 203 

=take. HD. 2762 

Geting, sb. = generation. Ps. xiii. 6 
Ghost, sb. = a spirit. EG. 130 
= spirit, as opposed to body. 

0. and N. 1396 

= Holy Ghost. [Gaste]. Ps. i. 



fin. 

Giant, sb. EG. 15 
Gibbet, sb. Alys. 4722 
Giddily, adv. = foolishly. 0. and N. 1280 
Giddy, adj. = foolish. EG. 68. AS. gidig 
Gift, sb. 570 B.; [give]. HD. 357 
Giglot, sb. = a loose girl. Pol. S. 154. 

AS. gagol 
Gigour, sb. = & musician, properly a player 

on the wind instrument called a 'gige.' 

K. Horn, 1528. Yid. Eoq. s.v. Gigueour 
Gihte, sb. — manner? M. Ode, 192. 

See Gate 
Gildert, sb. = a snare. Ps. ix. 31. Fr. 

guille 
Gileyspeke, sb. = a cunning trick. EG. 

553. Pr. guille 
Gilmins, sb. = some order of Friars ? 

Eel. Ant. ii. p. 175 
Gilt, part. Alys. 927 
Gin, sb. = device. EG. 402, 549. AS. 

grin 
Gin, vb. = begin. 753 B. 
Ging, sb. = army. See Genge 
Ginger, sb. Alys. 6797; [gyngyvre]. 

Wright's L. P. p. 27 
Gird, v. a. = cingere. EG. 435 ; part. 

'ygurd.' EG. 174 

sb. = girdle. _ Alys. 2272 

Gird, v. a. = strike, smite. Alys. 2299. 

AS. gyrd, a staff 
Girdle, sb. Wright's L. P. p. 35 
Give, sb. See Gift 
Give, v. a. foeve]. EG. 12; pret. '^af.' 

EG. 17; imper. ^ef.' Wright's L. P. 

p. 59; part, 'hive.' O. and N. 551; 

'^yne.' EG. 430 
Giveied, part. = heaped together. HD. 



814. Fr. gavele. Sir F. Madden also 
suggests Dut. ' villen,' to flay, as a possi- 
ble origin of this word. Others have 
proposed the Germ, gefullt 

Giving, sb. Alys. 839 

Glad, adj. EG. 371; 'gladden.' 1066 B. 

v. n. — be glad. EG. 265 

v. a. = make glad. 1204 B. ; part. 

'igladed.' Pilate, 130 

Gladden, v. n. = be glad. Ps. xcvi. 8 

Gladful, adj. Ps. xlvi. 2 

Gladly, adv. EG. 112 

Gladness, sb. EG. 195, 530 

Gladsbip, sb. Wright's L. P. p. 38 

Glaive, sb. = a sword. EG, 203. Fr. 
glaive. Lat. gladius 

Glass, sb. Wright's L. P. p. 31 

= a mirror. Alys. 4108 

Gleam, sb. HD. 2122 



v. n. Wright's L. P. p. 36 



Glede, \sb. = live coal. HD. 91. AS. 

gled 
Glee, sb. EG. 272 
Gleeman, sb. HD. 2329 
Gleowinge, sb. = gleeing or singing. 

K. Horn, 1524 
Glew, adj. = skilful. O. and N. 193. 

AS. gleaw 
Glewe, vb. See Glow 
Glide, v. n. HD. 1851; pret. 'glyt.' 

Alys. 4252 
Glisten, v. n. Wright's L. P. p. 36 
Gloterie, sb. = gluttony. Body and Soul, 

93 
Glove, sb. Fragm. on Seven Sins, 16 
Glow, v. n. Fragm. Sci. 141; [glewe]. 

Wright's L. P. p. 38 
Gloze, v. n. = flatter, be deceitful. EG. 

510; part, 'glozyng.' EG. 497; AS. 

glesan 
Glue, v.'a. Alys. 6180 
Glutton, sb. HD. 2104. Lat. gluttus, 

the throat 
Gluttony, sb. EG. 330 
Gnaist, v. n. = rage. Ps. ii. 1. ON. 

gnista 
Gnat, sb. Ps. civ. 31 
Gnaw, v. a. EG. 404, 417. AS. gnagan 
Gnede, adj. = niggardly. HD. 97. Body 

and Soul, 20. AS. gneSen 
Guide, v. a. = dash to pieces. Ps. xvii. 43: 

pret. 'gnode.' Ps. Ixxxviii. 45. AS 

gnidan 
Gnoste, sb. = noise or clamour ? Pol. S 

237. ON. gnaust 
Go, v. n. EG. 13; [eon]. 74 B.; 2s.pres 

'gest.' O. and NT 836, 536 ; 3 s. pres 

'goth.' Wright's L. P. p. 61; 'gas.' 

Ps. lxxxix. 6; pret. 'eode. J EG. 417 
35 



GO 



GR 



«wende.' RG. 368; 'wode.' 1481 B.; 

•jeode.' 99 B.; part. ' going.' RG. 538 
Go, = good. q. v. 

Goad, sb. [gad]. HD. 279. AS. gad 
Goat, sb. pi. 'geet.' Pol. S. 198 
God. EG. 468 

Goderhele, sb. = Happiness. RG. 368 
Godhede, sb. = goodness. Alys. 7060 
Godly, adj. Wright's L. P. p. 38 
Godness, sb. = God-head. Creed of St 

Athan. v. 62. 
Godson, sb. 21 /3 
Gold, sb. RG. 1, 383 
Golnes, sb. = lascivionsness. 0. and N. 

492. Ps. lxvii. 14. AS. gal 
Goldfinch, sb. Alys. 783 
Golokes. Rel. Ant. ii. p. 176 ; perhaps 

another form of 'galker' = a tub for 

wort. See Phil. Soc. Trans, for 1855, 

p 267 
Gome, sb. = a man. Wright's L. P. p. 38. 

AS. guma 
Gome, sb. = care, thought. RG. 454, 537. 

AS. gymen 
Gome, sb. See Game 
Gonfanon, sb. = banner. Alys. 1963 
Goninde, part. = gaping, yawning. Marg. 

43. AS. geonan 
Gonnylde, adj. — foolish? Pol. S. 237. 

■ See Hall. s. vv. Goneil and Gomerill 
Good, adj. RG. 375, 384; ace. 'godne.' 

K. Horn, 753 

sb. 19 B. 'to do good' 

adv. = will. Alys. 6267 

Goods, sb. [god]. RG. 495 
Goodman, sb. = husband 

= a good man. RG. 257 

Goodness, sb. RG. 434, 436 

Goose, -sb. . HD.702 

Gore, sb. = a narrow slip let into a 

woman's dress, hence the dress itself, 

as in the phrase 'geynest under gore.' 

Wright's L. P. p. 29. ON. gara, to rend 
Gorge, v. a. = devour, feed. Alys. 5625 
- — j — v. 7i. Alys, 5625 
Gorger, sb. = gorget. Alys. 3636 
Goshawk, sb. Alys. 483 
Goshorne ? Rel. Ant. ii. p. 176 
Gospel, sb. RG. 470 
Gothele, v. n. = make a noise, as water 

does when a hot iron is placed in it. 

Pragm. Sci. 140. ON. gutla 
Goule, v. n. — howl. HD. 164, 454. 

ON. gdla 
Gout, sb. RG. 564, 564 
Govern, v. a. RG. 398 

sb. == government. 1792 B. 

Grace, sb. 'year of grace.' RG. 382 

■ = pardon. RG. 563 

36 



Gracious, adj. Wright's L. P. p. 52 
Grade, sb. = a cry. Alys. 5740 
Grain, sb. [grem]. = a small piece. 

Wright's L. P. p. 38 
Gram, adj. = angry. HD. 2469, 214. 

AS. gram 
Grame, Grome, = anger. Pol. S. 199 

= sorrow. Pol. S. 219. AS. grama 

Grandsire, sb. RG. 311 

Grange, sb. HD. 764. Pr. grange, from 

Lat. granum 
Grant, v. a. RG. 447, 477, 208 
Grape, sb. 417 j3 
Grass, sb. RG. 43 
Grasshopper, sb. [gressop]. Ps. lxxvii. 

46; civ. 34 
Grate, sb. = firegrate. Body and Soul, 

204 
Graueth, vb. = clothes ? Wright's L. P. 

p. 61. Rel. Ant. ii. p. 217. AS. 

gerajdian ? 
Grave, v. a. = dig. Ps. vii. 16 
= bury. ELD. 613 ; part. ' graven.' 

HD. 2528 

sb. = sculpture. Ps. lxxvii. 58 

= imas:e. Ps. cv. 19 



Grave, sb. Body and Soul, 98 

Gravel, sb. K. Horn, 1521. Gael, gairbh- 

eil. See Phil. Soc. Proc. vol. iv. p. 257 
Grayking, sb. = graying, or early dawn. 

Alys. 5413; 'griking.' Ps. xlv. 6 
Grease, sb. RG. 410 
Great, adj. RG. 377; [grot]. RG. 26; 

'great heart,' = anger. RG. 309 

v. n. = become great. Alys. 452 



Greave, sb. = magistrate. HD. 266. AS. 

gerefa 
Grede, v. n. = cry out. RG. 559 ; pret. 
. 'gradde.' O. and N. 934. AS. graedan 
Grede, sb.= breast of a mantle. Alys. 

4187; [i-grede]. O. and N. 1641. AS. 

greada 
Greding, sb. = crying. Alys. 7882 
Green, adj. RG. 419 
sb. — an open grass lawn. HD. 

2840 ; in pi. ' greens,' = herbs. Ps. 

xxxvi. 2 
Greet, v. a. = salute. RG. 554. AS. 

gretan 
Greet, v. n. = weep ; part. ' i-gret.' HD. 

163,164; 'graten,' lb. 241; 'igroten,' 

lb. 285. AS. graetan _ 
Greeting, sb. = salutation. 1238 B. 
Greeting, sb. = weeping. HD. 166 
Greme, v. a. = displease. Wright's L. P. 

p. 36; part, 'i-gremet.' O. and N. 931 
v. n. = be displeased [grom]. O. 

and N. 870. AS. gremian 
Grene, = desire? HD. 996. AS. geoman 



GR 



GY 



Greneris, sb. = green branches, hence 

'greene-ry.' Cok. 8 
Grenne, sb. = grin ; ' thou list grenne,' = 

thou liest a-grm or grinning. Body and 

Soul, 56 
Gressop. Grasshopper, q. v. 
Grete, sb. = weeping. Ps. ci. 10 
Grey, adj. RG. 440, 498 
sb. = gray fur. M. Ode, 183. ReL 

Ant. ii. p. 192 
Greyhound, sb. [grif -hound]. Alys. 5284 
Greyn, sb. =■ edge. Alys. 6537 
Greythe, v. a.= make ready. RG. 371, 

434. ON.greiiSa 
Grieve, v. a. RG. 563; part, 'igreved.' 

St Swithin, 120 
(Grievance, sb. Alys. 965 
Grievous, adj. RG. 202 
Grill, adj. = sharp, unkind. Body and 

Soul, 34. ON. grila 

sb. = sorrow. Wright's L. P. p. 91 

Grim, adj. HD. 155; 'grim or gore?' 

HD.24'97 
Grimful, adj. Signa ante Jud. 156 
Grimly, adv. RG. 347 
Grin, v. ti. 987 B. 
Grind, v. a. Pol. S. 69 ; [gryngen]. Alys. 

4443; part, 'ygrounde.' Alys. 5872 
Grine, sb. = gin, snare. 0. and N. 1057 ; 

[grinew]. O. and N. 1054 
Grip, Gripe, v. a. = seize hold of. RG. 

22 ; [grope]. Alys. 1957 
Grip, .sb. = griffin. HD. 572. Alys. 5667 
Grip, sb. = ditch. HD. 1924 
Grise, v. a. = agrise, frighten. Body and 

Soul, 96. AS. a-grysan 
Grisful, adj. Signa ante Jud. 16 
Grisly, adj. RG. 415, 566; < grisloker,' = 

grislier. RG. 590. AS. grislic 
Grith, sb. = peace. HD. 61, 511. AS. 

griS 
Grithbruch, sb. = breach of the peace. 

O. and N. 1043 
Grithsergeant, sb. HD. 267 
Gro, sb. = a rich fur. Wright's L. P. p. 

26 ; [groy]. Rel. Ant. ii. p. 217 
Groan, v. n. RG. 380 
Grom. See Greme 
Gromyl, sb. = the herb 'groinwell,' or 

Lithospermum officinale. Wright's L. P. 

p. 27 
Grone, sb. = a part of a woman's dress. 

Wright's L. P. p. 27. Fr. giron. Vid. 

Roq., and compare ' gronet in grene ' in 

the Anturs of Arthur, at Tarne Wathe- 

lan. st. 47 
Groom, sb. = boy or infant. HD. 790. 

AS. guma 
Grope, v. a. = investigate. Alys. 6642 



Grope, = feel. O. and N. 1494. AS. 

gropian 
Grotes, sb. = grouts, small pieces. HD. 

472. AS. grut 
Grouer, sb. = grosvair, a kind of fur. 

Rel. Ant. ii. p. 217 
Ground, sb. RG. 22 

v. a. = bring to ground. RG. 372 

= form, constitute. Ps. viii. 4 

Groundly, adv. == deeply [grundlike]. 

HD. 651 
Groundstathelnes, sb. = foundation. 

Ps. cxxxvi. 7 
Groundwall, sb. = foundation. Ps. 

lxxxyi. 1 
Grow, v. n. RG. 21; pret. f greu.' RG. 

470 
Gruche, v.n. = murmur, grumble. Rel. 

Ant. ii. p. 211. Pr. groucer 
Grudge, v. n. Ps. lviii. 16 
Grudging, sb. O. and N. 423 
Grulde, vb. = struck. O. and N. 142. 

Probably from AS. ' grillan,' to provoke, 

and hence to keep on touching or strik- 
ing, so as to irritate. Cf. the iptQi&iv 

payafav of Telestes, ap. Ath. 637 A. 
Grund, or Ground, used as an intensi- 
fying prefix — 'grund-stalworthe.' HD. 

1027 
Grunt, v. n. Alys. 5846 
Grys, sb. = a kind of fur. Wright's L. P. 

p. 26. Pr. gris. See the Prompt. Parv. 

s. v. Gryce, and the note there 
Guede. A mistake for 'gnede.' q. v. 
Guile, sb. RG. 538 

v. a. = deceive. Rel. Ant. p. 116 

Guiling,.s5. = deceit. Alys. 3475 
Guilt, v. n. = sin, become guilty. Ps. 

cxviii. 67 
Guilt, sb. 827 B. 
Guiltless, adj. RG. 327, 509 
Guilty, adj. 2123 B. 
Guise, sb. = fashion. Pol. S. 221 
Gulte, vb. = offends ? O. and N. 1521 
Gun, sb. Alys. 3268 . 
Guodded, vb. = stained. Alys, 2374. Pr. 

guede, woad 
Gut, sb. RG. 446, 526 
Gutter, %x sb. = waterpipe [goter]. Ps. 

lxxi. 6 
Gwinris, sb. = guides. Alys. 7244. Pr. 

guioneres . 
Gylofre, sb. = gilliflower. Wright's L. P. 
, p. 27 
Gyng, sb. = host, army, our ( gang.' See 

Genge 
Gyngyvre. See Ginger 
Gyour, sb. = a guide. Alys. 4810. Pr. 

guicour. See ,Roq. s. v. 

37 



GY 



HA 



Gysceres. M. Ode, 135. Probably a 
mistake for 'gyveres,' avaricious. AS. 
gifer 
Gyve, sb. Pol. S. 221. W. gefyn 
Gywise, sb. = judgment. St Kath. 9 



H. 

Habit, sb. = dress. RG. 150, ,434 

= custom. Rel. Ant. ii. p. 175 

Hack, v. a. RG. 216. Ps. liv. 4 
Hahe, = courtyard. See Ha^e 
Haie, = wall of a yard. See Hase 
Hair, sb. RG. 560 

= hairshirt. 259 B. 

= sackcloth. Ps. xxxiv. 13 

Hail, adj. = wholesome. Alys. 7036. 

AS. h«l 
Hail, sb. Pragm. Sci. 216 

v.n. [haweli]. 683/3 

Hake, sb. (the fish). Wright's L. P. p. 31 

Hal, adj. = whole. HD. ^2370 

Hale, sb. = a hollow. 0. and N. 2, AS. 

hal, hoi 
Half, adj. RG. 3 

sb. = side. # Pol. S. 217 

v. a. = divide in half. Ps. liv. 24 

Half, sb. — behalf. 1688 B. 
Halfendele, sb. = half part. EG. 390 ; 5 
Halfman, sb. KG. 401 
Halfpenny, sb. Alys. 3116 ' 
Halidom, sb. = sacrament. 2290 B. 

AS. haligdom 
Halihingness, sb. = sanctification. Ps. 

xcv. 6 
Halimote, sb. = court. Pol. S. 154. 

AS. halle gemot 
Halke, sb. = corner. K. Horn, 1119. 

AS. heal 



AS. hagol 



Hall, sb. RG. 390 
Hallow, v. a. pret. 

'halewe.' 319 B.; 

RG. 416 
Halo, sb. [halewe]. 



halwede.' RG. 469 ; 
part. ' y-hallowed.' 

2166 ^3 
Halt, v. n. == walk lamely. Wright's L. P. 

p. 48 
Halter, sb. 1174 B. 
Halwe, sb. = the Saints. RG. 82, 255 : 
Halwei, sb. = balsam. Cok. 82. See 

La^. iii. 501. AS. hsel and hwseg, = whey 
Hame, sb. = skin. Alys. 391. ON. hamr 
Hammer, sb. RG. 99 
Hand, sb. RG. 369 ; ' to go on hand,' = 

to attempt to deceive. O. and N. 1649 
Handaxe. RG. 26. HD. 2553 
Handfull, sb. Ps. cxxv. 6 
Handiwork, sb. Wright's L. P. p. 60 
Handle, v. a. RG. 435, St Swithin, 60 
38 



Handmaiden, sb. Ps. cxxii. 2 
Handtame, adj. == mild, mansuetus. Ps. 
xxxiv. 9 



Handtameness, 



Ps. xliv. 5 



encourage. 



Handwork, sb. Ps. cxxxvii. 8 

Hang, v. a. 3 s. pres. 'hoth.' O. and N. 

1121; pret. 'honge.' RG. 473; part. 

'yhonge.' RG. 174 

= make to hang down. Pol. S. 154 

v. n. Wright's L. P. p. 68 

Hans, sb. = a quantity. Alys. 1571. MG. 

n fin ^\fL 

Hap, sb. RG. 447. ON. happ. W. hap 
Harat, sb. = stable or stud of horses. 

Cok. 35. Fr. haras. Probably from 

Lat. * hara.' See the Prompt. Parv. s. v. 
Hard, adj. RG. 391 
v. a. = harden; part, 'yharded.' 

RG. 352 
Hardily, adv. RG, 375 
Hardish, Hardy, v. a. 

RG. 426. Alys. 3343 
Hardissy, sb. = boldness. RG. 204 
Hardy, adj. RG. 452 
Hare, **. RG. 376 
Harlas, sb. — plinth. Cok. 67. Pr. orle. 

See Cotgr. and Roq. s. v. 
Harle, vb. See Hurl 
Harlot, sb. = used of a man. Pol. S. 237. 

W. herlawd 
Harm, sb. RG. 409, 377 
Harmless, adj. RG. 335, 509 
Harness, sb. Alys. 7479. Pr. harnas 
Harp, sb. RG. 272 

v.n. RG. 272. Alys. 1043 

Harper, sb. RG. 272 
Hart, sb. RG. 376 
Harvest, sb. RG. 414, 500 
Has, = ars, art ? Alys. 444 
Hasp, sb. Body and Soul, 199. AS. haeps 
RG. 305 
sb. Ps. lxxvii. 33 



Hastiness, sb. RG. 475 

Hastily, adv. RG. 382 

Hasty, adj. RG. 414, 458 

Hat, sb. = a command. Pol. S. 158. AS. 

hatan 
Hatch, sb. = a small door. O. and N. 

1056. AS. haeca 
Hatch, v. a. pret. ' haite.' O. and N. 105 ; 

part, 'y-haht.' Pol. S. 237 
Hatchet, sb. Pol. S. 223 
Hate, sb. 1667 B. ; [hete]. O. and N. 167 
v. a. Wright's L. P. p. 90. RG. 

437 
Hatred, sb. Pol. S. 157 
Hattest. See Hight 
Hattren, sb. = clothes. Wright's L. P. 

p. 110. Alys. 4264, 7054. k AS. haster 



HA 



Hauberk, sb. RG. 99, 174, 297. Fr. 

hauber. See Roq. 
Haught, adj. [ha;t], = haughty. RG. 

418 
Haughtiness, sb. RG. 29 
Haul, v. a. Alys. 992; part, 'ihauled.' 

1499 B. ON. hala 
Haumudeys, sb. = a purse. Alys. 1707. 

Fr. aumoniere (Weber) 
Haunt, v. a. = frequent. RG. 534 

= practise. Alys. 7496 

s sb. Alys. 6531 

Hautain, adj. = haughty. RG. 66 
Have, v. a. pres. 'abbe.' RG. 423; 2s. 

pres. ' havest.' 0. and N. 1148 ; 3 s. pres. 

'ath.' RG. 368; pi. 'habbeth.' RG. 9; 

pret. 'adde.' RG. 368 ^ 

vb. aux. Rel. S. ii. 13, 31 

Haven, sb. RG. 423 ; [have]. RG. 134 
Haver, adj. = clever. Pol. S. 155. ON. 

hagr 
Haw, sb. = the fruit of the hawthorn. 

RG. 524. AS. hagan 
Hawe, sb. = care, attention. Marg. 18 
Hawk, sb. RG. 275 
Hay, sb. RG. 406 
Hayward, sb. = ' a person who guarded 

the corn and farmyard in the night time.' 

HalliweU. "Wright's L. P. p. 110. 

Pol. S. p. 149 
Hazardry, sb. RG. 195 
Hase, sb. = courtyard of a house. 0. and 

N. 585 ; [hahe]. O. and N. 1610 _ 

= wall of a yard. Ps. lxxxviii. 41. 



Pr. haie. AS. 
Hast, adj. = haughty, q. v. 
HE, nom. RG. 367, 443; gen. 'his.' 

RG. 367; dat. 'him.' RG. 367; 

ace. 'him.' RG. 367; 'hine.' 0. 

and N. 1372 
Heo, Ho, = she. RG. 13; [$oe]. RG. 

436; [he]. Wright's L. P. pp. 27, 

95; gen. 'hire.' RG. 13; dat. 

'hire.' RG. 13; ace. 'here.' RG. 

12; 'hire.' Marg. 44; 'hine.' 

Ps. lxviii. 37 
Hit, = it. [he]. 0. and N. 21; [het]. 

O. and N. 21 

— pi. nom. 'hii.' RG.367; 'ho.' Marg. 

61; 'he.' HD. 152; 'heo.' RG. 4, 
45 ; 'hue.' Wright's L. P. p. 105 ; 
'thei.' 494 B.; 'thai.' Ps. xxi. 5 

— gen. 'here.' 0. and N. 936; 'her.' 

RG.369; 'hor.' RG.467; 'heore.' 
Rel. S. iv. 18 ; 'thare.' O. and N. 
140; 'hore.' O. and N. 280; 
'huere.' Wright's L. P. p. 41; 
'tho.' Wright's L. P. p. 29, with 
'of 



Hit, dat. 'heom.' O.andN. 1380; 'hem. 1 
RG. 381 

— ace. 'heom.' O.andN. 1515; 'hom.' 
O. and N. 913; 'hem.' RG. 385 
He, adj. = high. Pragm. Sci. 283 
Head, sb. RG. 23, 402 
Headlong, adv. [hedlyng]. Alys. 2261 
Heal, v. a. RG. 151 
Healing, sb. = health. Ps. lxvi. 3 
Health, sb. [hele]. RG. 151. Ps. xxi. 2 
Healer, sb. Ps. xxiv. 5 
Heap, sb. 443 /3. Sermon, 34 
Hear, v. a. [i-here]. O. and N. 544 ; 

[i-hure]. RG. 556; pret. 'hurde.' RG. 

391; part. 'y-herd.' RG. 87 
Hearing, sb. == rumour. Ps. cxi. 7 
Hearken, v. n. RG. 1 

v. a. — listen to. RG. 308 



Heart, sb. HD. 479 ; [hurte]. 22 B. 
Heartily, adv. RG. 1347. HD. 1347 
Heartsblood, sb. HD. 1819 
Heat, sb. 62 /3 

v. n. = become hot. pret. ' hatte.' 



K. Horn, 622 
Heathen, sb. RG. 396 
Heathenesse, sb. = heathens. RG. 480 
= heathenism. RG. 529 



Heave, v. a. [hebbe]. RG. 17. AS. 

hebban 
Heaven, sb. RG. 405 ; [hoven]. O. and 

N. 860 
Heavenriche, sb. = sky. Cok. 6 

= heaven. M. Ode, st. 31 



Heaviness, sb. Pragm. Sci. 110 
Heavy, adj. Wright's L. P. p. 102 _ 

v.'a. = make heavy. Ps. xxxi. 4 

Hechil, sb. = a hackle, for carding flax. 

Rel. Ant. ii. p. 176. Dut. hekel 
Hedge, sb. RG. 211. AS. liege 
Hedy ? Wright's L. P. p. 22. Probably 

a mistake for * hendy.' Cf. lb. p. 27 
Heed, sb. Wright's L. P. p. 112 

v. a. HD. 2389 

Heel, sb. HD. 898 

Heelspor, sb. = footstep. Ps. xlviii. 6 ; lv. 7 



Heifer, 



Pol. S. 239 



Height, sb. Wright's L. P. p. 110 

Heir, sb. RG. 377, 469 

Heisugge, sb. = hedge-sparrow. O. and 
N. 505. AS. hege-sugge. Bosworth on 
the authority of More gives ' Sugga,' a 
bird which feeds on figs. Lye explains 
'hege-sugge' as 'cicada,' 'vicetula' 

Helde, sb. = loyalty. RG. 285. AS. held, 
heol (see Beowulf, 2459). Germ, hold 
= virtue ? Wright's L. P. p. 37 



Helde, v. n. = incline, lean to. Wright's 
L. P. p. 24. Ps. lxi. 4 ; AS. healdan, 
hyldan 



HE 



HI 



Hele, v. n. = drink health to a person ? 

Alys. 1048 
Hele, v. a. = cover [hile]. HD. 2082 ; 

part. f y-heled.' RG. 305, 457; 'hole/ 

Alys. 4203. AS. helan 
Heling [hiling], sb. = cover. Ps. lx. 5 
= lurking-place [heolyng]. Alys. 

6188 
Hell, sb. RG. 322 
Helm, sb. =a helmet. RG. 186, 401 
Help, sb. RG. 556 
• v. a. RG. 3 ; part. ' y-hoppe.' RG. 

405 
Helper, sb. Ps. li. 9 
Helpless, adj. RG. 134, 237 
Helplich, adj. = helpful. Pall and P. 4 
Heme, sb. = man. Pol. S. 156; O. and 

N. 1113. Pr. homme 
Heme, adj. = pleasant, agreeable? 

Wright's L. P. p. 32. Perhaps for 

1 queme,' < q-heme,' the first letter being 

dropped to preserve the alliteration 
Hemming, sb. = fringe. Ps. xliv. 14 
Hemp, sb. HD. 782. AS. haenep 
Hen, sb. RG. 404 
Henceforth, adv. [hepenforth]. Ps. 

cxii. 2 
Hence, adv. [henne], RG. 476; [hunne]. 

Pragm. Sci. 98 ; [honne]. O. and N. 879. 

Probably an old gen. of 'hen' (cf. Germ. 

' hin '), used absolutely 
Hende, adj. = kind, courteous. RG. 404. 

See on this word Gloss. Rem. to La$. 

iii. 445 
Hende, sb. = duck. HD. 1241. ON. 

ond. AS. ened 
Hendely, adv. = well, cleverly. 167 B. 
Hene, adj. = abject. Pol. S. 150. AS. 

hean 
Hente, v. a. = take. RG. 460 ; part. 

'yhent.' RG. 185. AS. hentan 
Heiryng, in "Wright's L. P. p. 36, a mis- 
print for ' hevyng.' See Hoving 
Heowes, = high men ? Wright's L. P. 
. -p. 114. AS. heah 
Herb, sb. 41 (5 
Herbarewen, v. a. = harbour, lodge. 

Pol. S. 240; part. 'herborwed.' HD. 

742. ON. herbergja. Pr. herbergier 
Herbegi, sb. = a lodging. Signa ante 

Jud. 168 
Herber, sb. = arbour, garden. Alys. 331. 

Lat. herbarium 
Herboru, sb. = lodging. HD. 742 
Herd, sb. Ps. lxiii. 3 
— v. a. = keep, preserve. Ps. xlix. 

19 ; lvii. 3. AS. hyrdan 
^lere, adv. RG. 369 ; f here and there.' 

42 B. 

4a 



Here, sb. = army. Alys. 2101, 5266. 

AS. here 
Here, vb. = to bless, praise. See Herie 
Herebefore, adv. 1239 B. 
Hereby, adv. 938 B. 
Hereof, adv. RG. 364 
Hereto, adv. 137 B. 
Hergonge, sb. = invasion. O. and N. 

1189. AS. heregang 
Herie, v. a. = praise. Ps. xcix. 4 ; [here]. 

Body and Soul, 200. AS. herian 
Herigaus, sb. = cloaks. RG. 548. Pol. S. 

156. Pr. hergaut 
Heritage, sb. RG. 431, 523 
Hermit, sb. 610 /3 
Hermitage, sb. 1139 B. 
Hemes, sb. = brains. HD. 1808 ; necks? 

Ps. exxviii. 4, ON. hjarni. AS. 

hsernes 
Hernpan, sb. = brain-pan. HD. 1991 
Herre, = higher. See High 
Herring, sb. HD. 758. Alys. 6589 
Hert, = heart ? Wright's L. P. p. 31 
Herte, = highest. See High 
Herying, sb. = praise. Ps. cxliv. 21 



Hest, 



command. RG. 493, 556 



[hes]. M. Ode, 174 
Hestris, sb. = condition. Alys. 7611. Pr. 

estre 
Hete, sb. = hate. q. v. 
Hethe, v. a. = threaten. Wright's L. P. 

p. 37. ON. ha3ta. Sw. hota 
Hethe, v. a. = command; pret. c hettede.' 

HD. 551. AS. hatan 
Hethele, sb. = hot iron. Body and Soul, 

204. Cf. the Yorkshire f hottel ' 
Hething, sb. = contempt, scorn. Ps. 

lxxviii. 4. ON. ha<5ung 
Heving. See Hoving 
Heving, sb. = lifting up. Ps. cxl. 2 
Hew, v. a. Wright's L. P. p. 110 ; 3 s. 

pres. 'ho^eth,' O. and N. 455. AS. 

heawan . 
Hide, v.a. [hude]. Pol. S. 150; pret. 

'hudde/ Alys. 2489; part. <y-hud.' 

RG. 87; 'hyd.' Wright's L. P. p. 40 
Hide, sb. = a skin. . RG. 116, 404 

= a measure of land. RG. 374; a 

. field. Alys. 458. In Wright's L. P. p. 

31, 'in hyde ' seems to mean c in a hiding- 
place or retreat ' 
Hidel, sb. = hiding-place. Ps. xxvi. 5. 

AS. hidels 
Hiding, sb. [huding] = concealment. 

1381 B. 
Hie, v. n. RG. 544; pret. 'hied.' RG. 

387. AS. higan 
mgh>adj. [heye]. RG. 367; [hoh]. HD. 

1361 ; ' [he]. Pragm. Sci. 283. Comp. 



HI 



HO 



'herre.' RG. 473; sup. 'hexte.' RG. 

6, 397 ; c herte.' RG. 509 
Highman, sb. [heyme]. RG. 288 
Highmaster, sb. Alys. 270 
Highness, sb. = high thing. Ps. xli. 8 
Hiht, = caught ? Pol. S. 150. Dut. 

'hechten,' apprehendere (Kil.) 
Hill, sb. RG. 398 

Hilt, sb. = handle of a shield. Alys. 1270 
Hind, sb. (animal). RG. 376 
Hinder, adj. == posterior. 638 /3 
Hindforth, adv. = backwards. Alys. 

4710 
Hindward, adv. Ps. xxxix. 15 
Hine, sb. — low fellow, servant. RG. 485, 

540. AS. hfna 
Hinehed, sb. = society. Ps. xxi. 28 ; 

ciii. 14. AS. hynden 
Hip, sb. (part of the body) [hupe]. RG. 

322. AS. hyp 
Hip, sb. = fruit of the wild rose. Alys. 

4983. AS. heope 
Hippopotamus, sb. [ypotamos]. Alys. 

5166 
Hird, sb. = shepherd. Wright's L. P. p. 96 
Hire, v. a. 1173 B. 

; sb. HD. 908 

Hire, sb. = hireling, man. HD. 997. 

AS. hyra. 
Hirmon, sb. = servant, domestic. 

Wright's L. P. p. 50. Pol S. 157. 

AS. hyr-man 
Hit, v. a. pret. 'hutte. 5 Alys. 2155 
Hither, adv. 1329 B. 
Hitherward, adv. RG. 505 
Hi^te, v. n. = rejoice. O. and N. 436. 

AS. hyhtan 
Hlad. O. and N. 1574. Perhaps a mis- 
take for * hald ' or ' halt,' = holdeth 
Hoar, v. n. = become hoary. Alys. 1597 

adj. = hoary. Alys. 5031 

sb. = an old man. Alys. 6752 

Hoard, sb. Wright's L. P. p. 54. O. 

and N. 1222 
Hoarfrost, sb. Pragm. Sci. 232 
Hoarse, adj. [hose]. O. and N. 504. 

AS. has 
Hog, sb. Alys. 1885 
Hohful, adj. = full of care. O. and N. 

1290. AS. hohfull 
Hoke, v. n. = move tortuously ? O. and 

N. 377. ON. hoka 
Hoker, sb. = scorn. RG. 272, 285. AS. 

hocer 
Hokerly, adv. RG. 417 
Hoket, sb. = a plaything. Alys. 7000. 

Pr. hochet 
Hold, adj. = firm. HD. 2780; friendly. 

RG. 456, 383. AS. hold 



Hold, sb. [i-hold]. = a hold, residence. 

O. and N. 621 
Hold, v. a. RG. 368 ; 3 s. pres. 'hal ' = 

holds. RG. 289; 'halt.' RG. 12,36; 

pret. 'huld.' RG. 367; part, 'halle.' 

Alys. 2327 
v. n. = to hold with a person. 

Wright's L. P. p. 32 
Holde, sb. = plenty. Ps. xviii. 11 
Hole, sb. HD. 1813 
Holer, sb. = adulterer, libertine. RG. 26. 

Pr. holier. See Roq. 
Holiness, sb. RG. 332 
Hollow, adj. RG. 131, 251 
Holm, sb. == holm oak. Alys. 4945 
Holy, adj. RG. 392, 503; comp. 'holier.' 

RG. 23'9 
Holyday, sb. Rel. S. vii. 62 
Holyman, sb. RG. 255 
Homage, sb. 'do homage.' RG. 388 
Home, sb. RG. 375 ; [ham]. O. and N. 

1529; [heom]. O. and N. 1532 
Homeward, adv. RG. 260, 269 
Honest, adj. = honourable. Alys. 158 
Honey, sb. Cok. 44 
Honour, sb. RG. 20 

v. a. RG. 80, 367 



Hood, sb. = state, person, or hypostasis. 

Creed of St Athan. 15. AS. had 
Hood, sb. = covering for the head. 

Wright's L. P. p. 52 
Hooded, adj. [ihoded]. O. and N. 1175 
Hook, sb. 'HD. 752 
Hooked, adj. [i-hoked]. O. and N. 1673 
Hop, v. n. = go [huppe]. RG. 537. AS. 

hoppian 
= hop ; 3 s. pres. ' hupth.' O. and 

N. 379 ; pret. 'hupte.' O. and N. 1634; 

'hoppede.' RG. 278 
Hope, sb. RG. 404 

v. n. pret. 'hopede.' RG. 182, 



558 
= to hope to, trust in. M. Ode, 

st. 15 
Hopper, sb. = a large basket. Ps. lxxx. 7. 

Prom AS. hop, an osier 
Hore, v. a. = pray. Wright's L. P. pp. 

37, 50. Pr. horer. 
Hori, adj. = filthy. Rel. Ant. ii. pp. 176, 

191. AS. hdrig 
Horn, sb. HD. 700 
Horned, adj. Ps. xcvii. 6 
Horre, sb. Rel. Ant. ii. p. 177, possibly 

a filthy place, cavern. AS. horu 
Horse, sb. RG: 375, 404 
Horsebere, sb. = litter. RG. 163. AS. 

hors-bser 
Horseknave, sb. = horseboy. Pol. S. 237 
Horseman, sb. Pol. S. 189 

41 



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HY 



Horwyla, sb. = groom, equerry. Cok. 34. 

AS. hors-wealh, an equerry 
Hose, sb. EG. 390 
Hosed, adj. Wright's L. P. p. Ill 
Hospital, sb. 84 B. 
Host, sb.= an army. EG. 387, 459. 

Lat. hostis 
Host, sb. = an entertainer, landlord. 

1188 B. Pr. hote. Lat. hospes 
Host, v. a. = to lodge a person ; part. 

'y-osted.' EG. 52 
Hostage, sb. EG. 367, 563 
Hostel, sb. = hospitality. Alys. 7171 
Hot, adj. EG. 7, 531 
Hote, v. n. = be called. EG. 93 ; 2 s. pres. 

'hattest.' O. and N. 256; pret. 'het.' 

EG. 556; 'hatte.' EG. 89; part, 'y-hote.' 

EG. 89. AS. hatan 
Hote, v. a. = command. 479 B. 0. and 

N. 777-, pret. 'net/ EG. 381; 'hat/ 

Pol. S. 158; part. 'ihote.' 701 B. AS. 

hatan 

sb. = a command. Ps. lv. 12 

= a vow. Ps. Ixiv. 2 

Hotfoot, adj. = in hot haste. Body and 

Soul, 241 
Houdsithe, sb. = outgoing journey. 0. 

and N. 1584. AS. ut-sitS 
Hound, sb. EG. 275 
Houndfly, sb. = locust. Ps. lxxvii. 45 ; 

pi. 'hundflegh.' Ps. civ. 31 
Hour, sb. Wright's L. P. p. 71 
House, sb. EG. 20, 370 

v. a. EG. 21 

Housel, v. a. = to administer the Sacra- 
ment to a person. EG. 392. AS. husl 
Houue, sb. = cap. Eel. Ant. ii. p. 175. 

AS. hufe. In Body and Soul, 123, 

'houue*' seems to mean 'covering' 

generally 
Hove, v. n. = remain, stop, or hover. 

Fragm. Sci. 216. EG. 547, 172 
= float? 368 /3. See the Prompt. 

Parv. s. v. hovyn 
Hoventinge, = encircling P (as a haven 

does ships). O. and N. 999. Probably 

another form of 'hovening' or 'haven- 

ing,' a derivative of ' haven ' (cf . spene, 

spend; lene, lend). See Dahnert's 

Lexicon, s. v. havenung 
Hoving, sb. = delay, remaining [hevyng]. 

Wright's L. P. p. 36 
How, adv. [hou]. EG. 367; [hu]. t). 

and N. 728 
How, sb. = hue, cry. Alys. 5306 



Howe, v. n. = remove, go away. Wright's 

L. P. p. 23 
Howe, sb. = care, anxiety. EG. 461 ; 

[k^e]. 0. and N. 701. AS. hoga 
Howsoever, adv. 194 B. 
Huckster, sb. [hokester]. Eel. Ant. ii. 

p. 176. Dut. hucker 
Hue, sb. = colour. HD. 2918; [hou]. 

0. and N. 619; [howel. O. and N. 577. 

AS. hiw 
Hued, adj. [ihewed]. 2223 B. 
Huene, = wanton girl. St Kath. 97. 

AS. hunel 
Hundred, adj. EG. 371. Pol. S. 189 
Hunger, sb. EG. 404 

n. = become hungry. Wright's 



L. P. p. 37 

vb. impers. l him hungrede.' HD. 



654 

Hungred, sb. = hunger. HD. 2454 
Hunke, pron. dual. = to us two. O. and 

N. 1731 
Hunt, v. a. EG. 16, 564 
Hunter, sb. 1099 B. 
Hunteth, sb. = hunting. EG. 375, 418. 

AS. huntaS 
Hunting, sb. EG. 564 
Hurdice, sb. = hurdle. Alys. 2785 
Hurdle, sb. EG. 232 
Hure, sb. = a covering for the head. 

2111 B. Pol. S. 156. Pr. hure, the 

head 
Hure, pron. gen. pi. = of us. 0. and N. 

185 
Hure, 'and hure and hure.' O. and N. 11, 

481. This phrase is probably the French 

' hure a hure,' or ' tete a tete,' and seems 

to mean ' in company with, or together.' 

See Eoq. s. v. 
Hurfte, sb. = circumference, circuit. 

Pragm. Sci. 4. AS. hwearft 
Hurl, v. a. pret. 'harlede.' EG. 487, 537 
Hume, sb. = a corner. EG. 45, 137, 272. 

AS. hirne 
Hurt, v. a. Alys. 5844 ; part. ' y-hurt.' 

EG. 288 
Husband, sb. = husbandman. EG. 544 
Hwat, vb. = quoth. HD. 1878 
Hyde. See Hide, sb. 
Hyioina.ysb. [ympne]. Ps.xcix.4; cxviii.171. 
Hynde, adj. = courteous. Alys. 3762. 

Probably another form of 'hende' 
Hynder, sb. = an insulter. Pragm. Sci. 

282. AS. hyntS, or it may mean ' subtle/ 

as in La3- ii. 12 



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I. 



[For most participles and substantives com- 
mencing with ' i ' see under the consonant 
following.] 

I, pron. [Ich]. 0. and N. 1189, et seq. ; 
[IhJ. 0. and N. 866 
ace. s. ' me.' O. and N. 1182 
gen. dual. ' unker.' O. and N. 151 
dat. dual, 'hunke.' 0. and N. 1731 
nom.pl. 'we.' RG. 306. 0. and N. 

177 
gen.pl. 'hure.' 0. and N. 185 ? 
acc.pl. c us.' O. and N. 201 
Iambleue, sb. = gambolling. Cok. 164 
Ibedde, sb. = bedfellow, wife. O. and N. 

1488 

= husband. O. and N. 1568 

Ibede, sb. = command. Eragm. in Warton, 

H. E. P. vol. i. p. 21 
Ibobbed, part. = insulted. Fall and P. 

59. Fr. bobance 
Ice, sb. RG. 463 
Icholde. See Shall 
Icore, = chosen. 718 /8 
Icund, adj. = natural. 0. and N. 85 
Icunde, part. = taught by nature. O. and 

N. 114 
Icundeliclie, adv. = naturally. 0. and 

N. 1422 
Idelgong, sb. = idleness. Body and Soul, 

50 
Idelhede, sb. Pragm. in Warton, H. E. P. 

vol. i. p. 22 
Idle, adj. = lazy. RG. 195 
= useless. O. and N. 915 ; f on idel ' 

= in vain. 0. and N. 918 
Idleness, sb. RG. 195 
Idrei^t, part. = oppressed. St Kath. 45. 

AS. drecan 
Idu;e, adj. = profitable. 0. and N. 1580. 

AS. dugan 
If, adv. fcyf], RG. 405; fcef]. RG. 377; 

[jif]. 0. and N. 902 
Ifurn, part. = excommunicated ? 0. and 

N. 1304. AS. fyrran 
Ihende, adv. = at hand. 0. and N. 1129. 

AS. gehende 
Ildel, = each deal or part. HD. 818 
Ilete, sb. = encumbrance, care. O. and 

N. 1444 
Iliche. See Alike, Like. 
Ilithered, = shot out as from a sling. 

RG. 549. See Luther 
Ilk, adj. = same. 804 B. 

= every. Ps. lxxxviii. 14 

Ilkan, = each one. Ps. lxi. 12 
g 2 



like, = as, like. Body and Soul, 204 ; 

probably a mistake for e like ' 
111, adj. Wright's L. P. p. 61 ; 'The 111/ 

= Devil. 0. and N. 421. Cf. the simi- 
lar phrase * pe wrse' in La}, v. 1140. 

ON. illr 
Illhope, v. a. = wish evil to. Ps. lxvii. 17 
Illtongued, adj. Ps. exxxix. 12 
Illwilland, = ill wisher. Ps. xliii. 6 
Home, adv. = frequently. RG. 378; 

'ilomest. 5 0. and N. 595. AS. gelome 
Hove, sb. = lovers. O. and N. 1045 
Image, sb. RG. 14 
Imagour, sb. = imagery. Alys. 7689 
Imene, adj. = common. 0. and N. 234. 

AS. gemsene 

sb. — a companion. 0. and N. 1410 

Imone, adv. = together, in common. 

380/3 
Improve, v. a. = prove. RG. 466 
Imunde, sb. = recollection. AS. gemund 
In, prep. RG. 379, 443 
Incarnation, sb. RG. 9 
Incense, sb. [encenz], Wright's L. P. 

p. 96 
Income, v. n. = come in. RG. 48 
Incoming, sb. Rel. Ant. ii. p. 191 
Increeping, sb. = piercing. Alys. 2168 
Inde, sb. = silk of India. Alys. 929 
Indrunken, v. a. = make drunk. Ps. 

lxiv. 11 
Infat, v. a. = make fat, anoint. Ps. cxl. 5 
Infight, v. a. = fight against ; pret. ' in- 

faght.' Ps. cxix, 7; part, 'innghtand/ 

Ps. xxxiv. 1 
Infleeing, sb. = refuge. Ps. cxliii. 2 
Ingang, sb. = going in. Ps. cxx. 8 
Ingo, v. n. = enter; pret. 'inwent.' Ps. 

xxxvii. 7 ; ' inyhode.' Ps. xl. 7 ; imper. 

sing, 'inga.' Ps. xlii. 4; pi. 'ingas.' 

Ps. xcix. 4 
Iniquity, sb. Alys. 132 
Ink, sb. [enke], Marg. 60. Er. encre. 

Dut. inkt 
Inlie, v. n. = lie upon ; pret. ' inlai/ Ps. 

civ. 38 
Inlodge, v. a. = inhabit. Ps. civ. 19 
Inlow, v. a. = humiliate ; part. ' inlowed.' 

Ps. lxxii. 21 
Inly, adv. 1714 B. 
Inn, sb. 483 B. AS. inn 
Innerest, adj. = inmost. Ps. lxxxv. 13 
Inny, v. a. = lodge. RG. 336. AS. innian 
Inover, adv. = besides. Ps. xv. 7 
Inrese, v. a. = rush in ; pret. ' inrase.' 

Ps. lxxxv. 14. AS. inrgesan 
Insend, v. a. = send in. Ps. xxxix. 4 
Inset, v. a. = put in. Ps. lxv. 12 
Inshielder, sb. = protector. Ps. cxx. 5 

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Insight, sb. RG. 307 
Instead, Cf. RG. 214 
Instrument, sb. 1888 B. 
Intent, sb. RG. 140 
Interdict, v. a. RG. 495 

sb. RG. 505 

Intermit, v. a. = interfere with. Alys. 

4025 
Inward, sb. = stomach. RG. 135 ; pi. 

'inwards ' = interior parts. Ps. cviii. 18. 

AS. innoS 
Inwardly, Ps. iv. 2 
Inwit, sb. = mind, conscience. 561 (3. 

AS. inwit 
Inwon, v. a. = dwell in. Ps. lxvii. 7 
loupe, sb. = a jacket. HD. 1767. Cf. 

'jopen,' in the f Cambria? Epitome/ App. 

to Mapes. p. 350. Pr. jnpon 
Irain, sb. = a spider. Ps. xxxviii. 12. 

Lat. aranea 
Ire, sb. = anger. Alys. 906 
Irened, adj. — made of iron. Ps. ii. 9 
Iron, sb. RG. 461, 2, 6 ; [ire]. O. and 

N. 1028 

adj. [yren]. RG. 399 

Is, vb. RG. 405 ; [esse]. Ps. xci. 16 

— = art. Ps. 1. 6 

Ischire, v. a. = give, retnm. O. and N. 

1530. AS. sceran 
Isle, sb. RG. 405 ; [ydle]. Alys. 4856 
Iso, = see. a. v. 
Isome, adv. = together. O. and N, 1733 

AS. gesam 
— adj. = reconciled, united. Rel. S. 

v. 254 
Ito^en, part. = educated. O. and N. 1723. 

See ' i-teon,' in Gloss, to La^. See Te 
Ivored, adj. = of ivory. Ps. xliv. 9 
Ivory, sb. Alys. 7666 
Iwarte, Iwarness, = ware, wariness, q.v. 
Iweived, part. = waved or strayed. RG. 

526. (Hearne) 
Iwis, adv. = certainly. RG. 439, 370. 

AS. gewis 
Iwrne, = formerly ? O. and N. 637. Se'e 
' i-uurn,' in Gloss, to La^. ; or perhaps 

for c ge-urnen,' part, of 'yrnan,' to run, 

so that ' i-wrne ' would mean ' current ' 



Jacinth, sb. Alys. 5682 
Jangler, sb. = musician. Alys. 3426 
Jasper, sb. Wright's L. P. p. 25 
Jay, sb. Wright's L. P. p. 52 
Jealous, adj. O. and N. 1075 
Jest, sb. Alys. 30 
Jewel, sb. RG. 508 
44 



Join, v. a. RG. 71 
Joliflich, adj. = pleasantly. Alys. 4753 
Jollity, sb. [jolyfte]. Wright's L. P. p. 89 
Jolly, adj. [jolyf]. Wright's L. P. p. 52; 
1. Alys. 1967, 2467 



StKath. 297. Rel. Ant. 



[joly]. 

Journey, sb. 

ii. p. 178 
Joust, sb. = encounter in a tournament. 

RG. 137. Pr. jouste. Lat. juxta 
Jouster, sb. Alys. 3325 
Joustynde, part. = jingling, justling. 

Pol. S. 104 
Joy, sb. RG. 401 ; [^oe]. RG. 187 

v. n. = rejoice. Wright's L. P. p. 27 

Joyful, adj. Alys. 30. RG. 53 
Joying, sb. HD. 2087 
Joyous, adj. St Swithin, 36 
Judge, v. a. RG. 345 

v. n. = conceive. RG. 456 

Juggler, sb. Alvs. 159 
July,— the month. RG. 395 



Juster, 
Justice, sb. 
523 



a horse. Alys. 1400 

= judge. RG. 496, 498, 



Kaite, sb. = a dresser of wool. Rel. Ant. 

ii. p. 176. (Halliwell) 
Kaldhed, sb. = coldness. Ps. lxv. 12 
Kanibe, sb. See Comb 
Kan, = to know. See Con 
Kaske, adj. = lively, fierce. HD. 1841. 

ON. kaskr 
Kayn, sb. = thane. HD. 31, 1327. Cf. 

'cake' and 'cate;' 'wake,' 'watch,' and 

'wait' 
Keen, adj. RG. 496 
Keep, v. n. = care. RG. 177, 191 

= take heed [ikeep]. O. and N. 



1226 



■ v.a. = observe, watch for. Wright's 



L. P. p. 35 



40 



receive or get. Body and Soul, 

protect; part, 'kepande.' Ps. 
cxlvi. 6 

sb. = heed, caution. Wright's L. P. 



p. 103. Ps. lxxix. 2 
Keft, part. = caught. HD. 2005. AS. 

cepan 
Kelyng, sb. = a small cod. HD. 757. 

ON. keila 
Kerne, v. a. = comb. Rel. Ant. ii. p. 176 
Ken, v. a. = discern. Body and Soul, 54 

= inform. 31/3 

= to ask. Marg. 24. AS. cunnan 

Ken, v. a. = beget. Wright's L. P. p. 36 ; 



KE 



LA 



part. ' kumed ' [kunned ?]. Creed of St 

Athan. 46. AS. cennan 
Kete, adj. = bright, fierce. Fragm. Sci. 

262, used of the sun's rays. ON. katr, 

glad; cf. the Gr. x a P 07r 6<;, and Xapwv 

from x a P" 
Kettle, sb. = pot. Ps. cvii. 10 
Kever, v. a. = recover. RG. 392 
Keverchief, sb. > Pilate, 126 
Kevil, sb. = a bit, bridle. Ps. xxxi. 9. 

AS. casfli 
Key, sb. RG. 539, 562. AS. caeg 
Kin, sb. = relations. RG. 13 ; [kunne]. 

RG. 367 
Kind, sb. = kin. RG. 91 
Kind, sb. = nature. RG. 45 ; [icunde]. 

O. and N. 1381 

i = species [kun]. 0. and N. 886 

Kindle, v. a. = inflame. HD. 915 ; Ps. 

xvii. 9. ON. kynda 

v. a. = beget. Alys. 5680 

Kindred, sb. = affinity. RG. 466. [kem- 

rede] 
i = relations. RG. 15 ; [cumraden]. 

Marg. 10 
King,'"**. RG. 371, 372 
Kingdom, sb. RG. 372, 414 
Kingless, adj. RG. 105 
Kinsman, sb. RG. 343 
Kippe, v. a. = catchup, clutch. RG. 125. 

HD. 2407. ON. kippa. AS. cepan 
Kirk, sb. = church. Body and Soul, 46 
Kirtle, sb. 1167 B. Pol. S. 221 
Kiss, v. a. [cusse]. 1779 B ; pres. 2 and 

3 s. 'oust.' RG. 435; pret. 'custe.' RG. 

527; 'cussede.' RG. 14 

sb. Wright's L. P. p. 92 

Kissing, sb. Wright's L. P. p. 70 
Kiste, sb. = chest. HD. 2018 
Kitchen, sb. HD. 936 

— = cookery. Alys. 4933 

Kite, sb. (the bird).' Alys. 3048. AS. cyta 
Kive, sb. = a tub. Rel. Ant. ii. p. 176. 

In p. 191 it is applied to the pit of hell. 

AS. cyf 
Kiwing, = carving ? HD. 1736. Or may 

it not be 'the chewing 5 from AS. 

'ciwung,' i.e. the meat to be chewed 

or eaten? 
Knarr, sb. = a rock ? O. and N. 999. 

Dan. knort, a knur, or knob. ON. 

gnupr, mons prominens 
Knave, sb. = boy. 683 B. 
Knee, sb. Pol. S. 190 

= degree. RG. 228 

Kneel, v. n. RG. 369 

Knife, sb. RG. 104. AS. cnif 

Knight, sb. RG. 368, 501; pi. 'knutte.' 

Alys. 2133. AS. cniht 



Knight, v. a. K. Horn, 450 

Knighthood, sb. K. Horn, 492 

Knit, v. a. pret. 'knutte.' Alys. 2251 . 

AS. cnytan 
Knock, sb. = a blow. Alys. 1621. AS. 

cnucian 
Knoll, sb. = a hill, eminence, rising 

ground. Ps. lxiv. 13. AS. cnoll 
Knot, sb. 1479 B. 

v. a. Alys. 4075 

Know, v. a. RG. 8; pret. 'knew.' 138 B. 

' ikneu.' 88 B. ; part. * yknowe.' RG. 432 
= acknowledge [icnowe]. O. and 

N. 477 
Knowledge, v. a. = acknowledge. Body 

and Soul, 48 
Knulled, = heaped. Pol. S. 193. Prom 

' knoll,' a mound 
Komelyng, sb. = a stranger. RG. 18 
Krawkan, =: refuse of melted tallow. 

Ps. ci. 4. See Prompt. Parv. s. v. Cra- 

coke, and the note there. ON. krekja, 

to throw away 
Kun, = species. See Kind 
Kunde, adj. = of kin, lawful or legitimate, 

as'kunde,'heir. RG. 370, 371 

= kinned, related. Fall and P. 49 



Kundede, sb. = kindness. RG. 452 
Kunhede ? RG. 447, should be probably 

e onkundhede ' = unkindness 
Kunrik, sb. = mark of royalty. HD. 2143 
Kye. See Cow 

Kynemerk, sb. = a king's mark. HD. 604 
Kyneriche, sb. = kingdom. Pol. S. 215 
Kyne3erde, sb. = king's sceptre. Pol. S. 

215 
Kythe, v. a. = make known. Wright's 

L. P. p. 91. AS. cySan 

v. n. = listen ? or e be silent ' ? 



Wright's L. P. p. 94, possibly a mistake 
for 'lythe' 



La, interj. = lo. O. and N. 1541 

Labour, sb. 49 B. 

Lace, v. a. K. Horn, 870 

Lack, sb. = fault. HD. 190. RG. 389 

= want, defect. Pol. S. 154. 



Dut. laecke 

v. n. = be wanting. Pol. S 154 

Lad, sb. HD. 890. W. llawd 
Ladder, sb. RG. 148 ; pi. landren. RG. 

410. AS. lsedder 
Lady, sb. RG. 451 ; [levede]. RG. 441, 

380. AS. lilsefdige. See on this word 

the Ormulum, vol. ii. pp. 632 — 634 
Lahte, Laute, Lauthe, vb. = received, 

45 



LA 



LE 



took. Wright's L. P. p. 46. HD. 744, 

1673. AS. lseccan 
Laite, v. n. = look. Ps. 31, 9. AS. 

wlitan. See Gloss. Rem. to La^. iii. 449 

v. a. = look for, seek. Ps. xxiii. 6 

Lake, sb. Body and Soul, 160. Eel. Ant. 

ii. p. 176 
Lamb, sb. RG. 369 
Lame, adj. HD. 1938 

. = defective. O. and N. 364 

v.a. HD. 2755 

Lammas, sb. = Lady-mass. RG. 557 
Lamp, sb. Alys. 5253 
Lamprey, sb. RG. 442 
Land, sb. RG. 377, 494 

v. a. = bring to land. K. Horn, 779 

Landfolk, sb. O. and N. 1156 
Langmode, adj. = patient, long-suffering. 

Ps. cii. 8. AS. langmod 
Language, sb. RG. 118, 150 
Lantern, sb. Ps. xvii. 29 
Large, adj. = big. 1195 B. 

■ = liberal. HD. 97 

Largely, adv. RG. 510, 511, 383 
Largeness, sb. = liberality. Alys. 6879 
Largess, sb. RG. 181 
Laroun, sb. = robber. Alys. 4209. Pr. 



Alys. 7698. Pr. las. 



37. 



larron 
Las, sb. = snare. 

ON. Ms 
Last, sb. = a shoemaker's last. Rel. Ant. 

ii. p. 175. AS. last 
Last, sb. = sin. Wright's L. P. p. 

ON. lostr. Dan. last 
Last, sb. = load, burden ? Wright's L. P. 

p. 31. AS. hlaest ; or possibly = trace. 

AS. hlast 
Last, v. n. = endure, continue. 464 (3 ; 

pret. 'ylaste.' RG. 263; part, 'ilast.' 

RG. 509 
Last, adj. 'atte laste.' RG. 377 
Lasteles, adj. = faultless. Wright's L. P. 

p. 52 
lu&te, adj. RG. 381; comp. ' later.' RG. 382 

adv. Wright's L. P. p. 99 

Lathe, sb. = loathing, harm. Alys. 7722. 

as. m 

Latter, adj. = last. Creed of St Athan. 56 
Latymer, sb. = a latiner, interpreter. 

Wright's L. P. p. 49. Alys. 7089 
Laue, sb. = a hill. Alys. 3857. AS. hlaW. 

See Lowe 
Laugh, v. n. [lihe]. RG. 93; [ly^he]. 

RG. 101; pret. 'loua.' 710 B. ; 'low.' 

HD. 903 
Launch, v. n. = shoot into water. Alys. 

3746 
Laute, Lauthe, = received. Sec under 

Lahte 

46 



Lea, sb. = meadow 



Lave, vb. a. == pour out upon. Wright's 

L.P. p. 72. Rel. Ant. i. 144. AS. lafian 
Lavender, sb. = launder, washer. 

Wright's L. P. p. 49 
Laveroc, sb. = lark. Wright's L. P. pp. 

26, 40. AS. la were 
Law, sb. RG. 381; [lay]. 346 B. 
Lawfulness, sb. = sense of justice. O. 

and N. 1739 
Lax, sb. = salmon. HD. 754. AS. leax. 

ON. lax 
Lay, adj. = pertaining to the laity, ' lay 

fee.' RG. 470 
Lay, v. a. pret. « leyde.' RG. 393 

= lay aside. Body and Soul, 166 

= lay on, attack. Alys. 5832 

= allay. Ps. lxxxiv. 4 

Lay, sb. = song. Alys. 5211. Pr. lai. 

AS. leoS 
Lay, sb. = religious observance. Alys. 

4690. AS. lagu 

= faith, belief [T^e]. K. Horn, 69 

Layk. See Leyk 

; pi. 'lesen.' RG. 1 
RG. 375 ; AS. lsesu 

physician. RG. 380. AS. 

lace 

Leachcraft, sb. RG. 141, 150 
Lead, v. a. RG. 376; pret. 'ladde.' RG. 

380 
Lead, sb. RG. 1 
Leader, sb. Ps. liv. 14 
Leaf, sb. 180 B. 
Leafworm, sb. Ps. lxxvii. 46 
Lealte, sb. = loyalty. Wright's L. P. p. 53 
Lean, v. n. RG. 308. AS. hlinian 
Lean, adj. Pol. S. 150. AS. lame 
Leap, v. n. pret. 'lepte/ RG. 396; 3 pi. 

'lopon.' Alys. 861 

v. a. = forsake (an oath). HD. 2009 

Learn, v.a. RG. 519; pret. 'lernede.' 

RG. 434; part, 'ylerned.' RG. 29; 

'ylere.' HD. 12 
Leasing, = falsehood. See Lesing 
Least, adj. RG. 37 
Leave, v. a. 39 B.; [lef]. 136 B.; part. 

'ileved.' 616 B. 
Leave, sb. = permission. 569 B. 
Lecche, v. a. = comprehend. HD. 252. 

AS. leeccan 
Leche, sb. = look. O. and N. 1138. See 

Gloss. Rem. to La^. iii. 454 
Lecher, sb. = lecherous person. RG. 351. 

Pr. lecher. AS. liccera 

= blockhead. Alys. 3916 

Lechery, sb. RG. 405, 334 

Lechure, sb. Alys. 6306 

Led, sb. = song. Pragm. in Warton, 

H. E. P. vol. i. p. 22. AS. leoS 



LE 



LI 



Led, sb. = a cauldron. HD. 924. Rel. S. 

v. 242. AS. lift, a cup, hollow vessel ; 

or possibly it may be contracted from 

'lebet.' Lat. lebes 
Ledandlike,'#d/. = ductile. Ps. xcvii. 6 
Lede, sb. = speech. Body and Soul, 11. 

AS. leden 
Ledron, sb. = thief, robber. Alys. 3210. 

Pr. larron. Lat. latro. Or possibly = 

leper. Pr. ladre. See Roq. s. v. ladrerie, 

and the Prompt. Parv. s. v. Lydron 
Leek, sb. RG. 341 
Lees, adj. = bad, wicked. "Wright's L. P. 

pp. 42, 49 
= false [les]. Pol. S. 214; pi. 'leses,' 

false persons. Ps. lxxxi. 4. AS. leas 

sb. — falsehood. Alys. 5790 

Left, adj. (sinister) [lift]. RG. 22 

Leg, sb. RG. 338 

Legate, sb. RG. 499, 506 

Legh, sb. = lying. Ps. lviii. 13 

Leik, sb. = a body. HD. 2793. AS. lie 

Leisure, sb. Alys. 234 

Leman, sb. RG. 496 ; applied to a man. 

HD. 1322 
Leme, sb. = flame. RG. 416, 151, 548. 

AS. leoma 
■ v. n. = shine. Wright's L. P. pp. 

25, 31 
Lenclie, v. n. = stoop. Rel. Ant. ii. p. 

211. In Dutch 'loncken' means to 

distort the eyes, squint 
Lend, v. a. 775 B. ; [lene]. Wright's 

L. P. p. 51 
Lende, sb. = the loins. RG. 377. AS. 

lendenu 
Lene. See Lend 
Length, sb. RG. 385 ; [lein]>]. Rel. Ant. 

ii. p. 217 

. -v. n. =. go a long way off. Ps. liv. 8 

Lent, part. = gone, departed ? Wright's 

L. P. p. 28. See Gloss, to Orm. s. v. 

' lendenn ' 
Lent, sb. RG. 495 
Leode, sb. = people. Wright's L. P. p. 

42. AS. leode 
Leofmon, sb. = lover. O. and N. 1428 
Leopard, sb. Ritson's AS. viii. 170 
Lepe, sb. = basket. RG. 265. 0. and 

N. 359. AS. leap. ON. laupr 
Ler, sb. = countenance. HD. 2918 ; Peor]. 

Wright's L. P. p. 46. AS. hleor 
Lere, v. a. = teach. Wright's L. P. p. 92. 

AS. leeran 
Lere, adj. = empty. O. and N. 1526 ; 

[ilere]. RG. 541. AS. lser, lsernes. 

Germ, 'leer' 
Lere, sb. = loss. RG. 526 ; peore]. Alys. 

1122. AS. lyre 



Lered, sb. = the learned, i. e. the clergy. 

Pol. S. 155 
Les, v. a. = loose. Wright's L. P. p. 29 
Lese. See Lose 

Leser, sb. = looser, liberator. Ps. cxliii. 2 
Lesing, sb. = falsehood. 0. and N. 846. 

Ps. xvi. 13. AS. leas 
Lesing, sb. = gleaning. Pol. S. 149. AS. 

lesan, to gather 
Lesness, sb. = absolution. RG. 173 
Less, adj. RG. 379, 558 

v. a. = lessen. Ps. lxxxviii. 46 ; xi. 2 

v. n. [lasse] = become less. Rel. 

Ant. ii. p. 211 
Lesson, sb. Alys. 4823 
Lest, conj. RG. 506, 563 
Lest, v. a. = listen to. Alys. 38 
Let, v. a. = hinder. RG. 380. AS. lettan 
Let, v. a. = permit, cause a thing to be 

done. RG. 383; pate]. RG. 445; 'to 

let blood ' = cause blood to flow ; part. 

c ilate.' RG. 565 

= let alone. Wright's L. P. p. 49 

= consider, think. 757 B. Body 

and Soul, 57. AS. lsetan 
v. n. =. cease. Wright's L. P. p. 29 

Pol. S. 201._ ON. letta. AS. latian 
Let, adj. = disturbed, troubled. Ps. vi. 8 

xlv. 3, Lit. 'hindered,' from AS. lsetan 

lettan 
Lete, sb. = countenance. O. and N. 35 

[i-lete]. 0. and N. 403. AS. wlite. ON 

laeti. See Gloss. Rem. to La$. iii. 449 
Letter, sb. = epistle, in pi. RG. 494, 552 
Lettrure, sb. = book, literature. Alys 

3516 
Leve, v. a. = grant, allow. HD. 334 

AS. lefan 
= believe [ileove]. 2357 B.; pret 

'levede.' RG. 334; 'ilefde.' 0. and N 

123; 'leovede.' 687 B. 
Leven, v. a. = flash out. Ps. cxliii. 6 
Levening, sb. = lightning. Ps. xvii. 15 
Levin, sb. = lightning. HD. 2690. 

W. llafn, a blade, or flake, from the 

sword-like shape of a flash. Gael, lann, 

a blade, whence 'lannair,' glitter, or 

gleaming 
Lew, adj. = warm. HD. 498. AS. hleow 
Lewd, adj. = lay. RG. 471. Pol. S. 155. 

Prom AS. leode, leud, the people 
Leyk, sb. = play. HD. 1021; Payk]. 

Ritson's AS. viii. 121. AS. lac 
Leyken, v. n. = to play. HD. 950. AS. 

lsecan 
Liar, sb. Wright's L. P. p. 49 
Liard, sb. = a grey horse. Pol. S. 71. 

Pr. Hard, from W. llai, raven gray 
Libel, sb. = a writ of accusation. RG. 498 

47 



LI 



LI 



Lich, sb. = body. 259 B. AS. lie 
Lichamlic, adj. = bodily. M. Ode, st.190 
Lick, v. a. Bel. Ant, i. 114. Ps. lxxi. 9 
Licome, sb. = body. 0. and N. 1052; 

countenance. Ps. xx. 10. AS. lichama 
Licoris, sb. = liquorice. Alys. 428. 

Wright's L. P. p. 26. Lat. glycyrrhiza 
Licorous, adj. = sweet. Wright's L. P. 

p. 68 
Lie, sb. = flame, 512 /3. AS. lig 
Lie, v. n. 2s. pres. 'list.' O. and N. 150; 

3 s. pres. 'leth.' 0. and N. 1492 ; 2 pi. 

pres. ' liggeth.' EG. 7 ; 3 pi. pres. 

'ley^en.' Pol S. 190; pret. 'lay.' 

EG. 11, 13. AS. licgan 

= wait, expect. Pol. S. 222 

Lie, v. n. = speak falsely ; part. 'ylow.' 

EG. 160 ; 'i-lo^e. 0. and N. 845 

sb. Wright's L. P. p. 100 

Lief, adj. == dear [leof]. 37 P.; pi. ' leove.' 

463 B.; 'leforloth.' HD. 2379; 'The 

lef the' = may the right or truth 

flourish. HD. 2606 ; comp. ' levere.' 

EG. 263, 382. AS. ledf ' 
Liefer, adv. = rather. EG. 263 
Liege, adj. EG. 457 
Life, sb. EG. 301, 376 ; gen. abs. ' lives ' = 

alive. HD. 1307. O. and N. 1632 

= position in life. Pol. S. 195 

LifLode, sb. = sustenance in life. EG. 41, 

404. AS. lif-lade, from lad, a way 
Lift, sb. = air. Eragm. Sci. 204 ; sky, 

200/3. AS. lyft 
Light, sb. EG. 379, 380 

v. a. = enlighten. Ps. xxxiii. 6 

= kindle. HD. 585 

Light, adj. = active. EG. 452 
Light, v. n. = alight. Cok. 128 ; part. 

'liht. 5 Wright's L. P. p. 30 
Lightly, — easily [lutliche]. EG. 515 ; 

actively [^tlychej. EG. 377 
Lightness, sb. = light. Wright's L. P, 

p. 96. Ps. exxxv. 7 
Lightning, sb. [ly^tyng]. EG. 378, 415 ; 

[ley^t]. EG. 308 
Likand, = similarly.' Creed of St Athan. 36 
Like, adj. [i-liche].' O. and N/1458; 

plek]. Pilate, 111 
Like, v. a. = approve of. EG. 92 
Like, v. n. = take delight in. Ps. xxxvi. 4 ; 

please, be pleasing. O. and N. 342; 

impers. ' hym likede.' EG. 21 
Likeful, adj. = pleasant. Cok. 70 
Likeness, sb. = similitude. EG. 463 
Liking, sb. = pleasure. Wright's L. P. 

p. 23 
Lily, sb. Wright's L. P. p. 44 
Lily-white, adj. Wright's L. P. p. 30 
Limb, sb. [lyme]. EG. 278, 411 
48 



Limbmeal, adv. 1815 B. 
Lime, sb. = calx. St Swithin, 54 
Lime, sb. = birdlime. O. and N. 1054 
Limed, part. = caught. Alys. 5701 
Lin, sb. = linen. Wright's L. P. p. 46. 

AS. Kn 
v. n. = cease, for 'blin.' Wright's 

L. P. p. 103. AS. linnan 
Linde, sb. = tree. Wright's L. P. p. 45. 

Alys. 2489. AS. lind 
Line, sb. = cord. HD. 539 ; net. K. Horn, 

701. AS. line 

= course of proceeding. Alys. 7266 



Linen, 



EG. 405 



Ling, sb. = a fish. HD. 833 

Lion, sb. EG. 457 

Lip, sb. Wright's L. P. p. 34 

Lisse, sb. = comfort. Wright's L. P. p. 

57. M. Ode, 119. AS. liss 
List, sb. = craft. O. and N. 172. AS. list 
List, v. a. = listen to [lest]. Alys. 38 ; 

imper. 'lust/ O. and N. 263 
Listen, v. n. Wright's L. P. p. 24 
Listening, sb. = attention. Alvs. 4798 
Litany, sb. 1084 B. 
Lited,^r£. = stained, Ps. lxvii. 17. ON. 

lita 

= smallness. Ps. lvii. 4 



body. Body and Soul, 39 



Litelhede, 
Lith, sb. = 

AS. K3 
Lith, sb. = people, possessions. HD. 2515. 

AS. leode. Germ, leute 
Lith, sb. = comfort. HD. 1338 ; [lythe]. 

lb. 147. AS. litSs 
v, a. = to comfort, give ease. Alys. 

433 
Lith, v. n. = listen. Ps. xxx. 3. Eitson's 

AS. viii. 187. ON. hlySa 
adj. = fallow. Pol. S. 152. Probably 

from AS. licSs, rest 
Lithe, adj. = gentle. Ps. cvi. 29. AS. litSe 
Lither, v. n. = do harm. Ps. civ. 15. 

See Luther 

= act wickedly. Ps. xxxvi. 9 

Litherand, adj. = wicked. Ps. xxv. 5 
Littene, part. = cut up ? HD. 2701 
Little, adj. [lytul]. EG. 19 ; [lute]. EG. 

378; [lutel]. EG. 376 
v. a. = make little. Ps. viii. 6 ; 

lxxiv. 9 ; [lutli]. O. and N. 540 
v. n. = become little. Eel. Ant. ii. 



p. 211 
Littleless, = almost. Ps. xciii. 17 
Live, v. n. EG. 381 
Liver, sb. (part of the body). Alys. 2156 
Liver, v. a. = deliver. EG. 39 
Liverede, adj. = red. EG. 39 
Livering, sb. = delivering of provisions. 

Alys. 7171 



LI 



LO 



Liversoon, sb. = sustenance. Alys. 1011. 

Er. livraison 
Lo ! 1769 B. AS. la 
Load, sb. Body and Soul, 238 
Loaf, sb. 278 0; pi. ' loves.' 293 0; 

Loath, '<«#. = hateful. RG. 40 ; [yladh]. 

O. and N. 1605 ; [lath]. Ps. xvii. 8 

v. n. = be angry, displeased. EG. 32 

Loathly, adj. Body and Soul, 56; [lolich]. 

Pol. S. 203 
Loc, sb. = gift. M. Ode, 37. AS. lac 
Lock, v. a. = enclose. 0. and N. 56. AS. 

Mean 
= lock, fasten, as a door. RG. 

495; pret. 'lek.' Body and Soul, 236 ; 

part. 'iloke.' 824 B. 

\ = lock of a door. Ps. cxlvii. 13. 



O. and N. 1555 
Lock, sb. = a tress of hair. Wright's L. P. 

p. 34. AS. locc 
Locket, sb. Pol. S. 154 
Lodge, v. a. Alys. 3132. AS. logian 

v. n. Alys. 4098 

sb. Alys. 4295 

Lofe, sb. = praise. Ps. xxi. 26; Tloof]. 

lb. 4 
Loft, sb. = air. RG. 7 ; ' upo lofte ' = 

aloft. Pol. S. 154 
Loftsang, sb. = song of praise. Ps. lxiv. 

2. Germ, lob-gesang 
Logede, = lewd, lay ? Fragm. in Warton, 

H.E.P. vol. i. p. 21 
Loin, sb. Pol. S. 191 
Loke, v. a. = decide. RG. 53 ; part. 

'iloked.' RG. 534 
= guard. Pilate, 69;*[loki]. O. 

and N. 604 
Loking, sb. = decision. RG. 506 
Loking, sb. = care. K. Horn, 350 
Lome, adv. = frequently. Pol. S. 197 
Lome, sb. = spade, or mattock. Wright's 

L. P. p. 41. AS. loma, geloma 

= instrument, tool. Ps. vii. 14 

= vessel. Ps. xxxii. 7 

Londisse, adj. = of the country. K. Horn 

648 
Lone ? Wright's L. P. p. 26 
Long, adj. RG. 376, 410; 'longer.' 

RG. 377 
adv. = for a long time. O. and N. 

466 

v. n. = become long. Alys. 139 

Long, v. n. = desire. RG. 176. AS. 

langian 
Longing, sb. Wright's L. P. p. 29 
Look, v. n. RG. 14 
Loose, v. a. [louse]. Pol. S. 239 ; part. 

' losed.' Wright's L. P. p. 99 

H 



Lopered, = coagulated, clotted. Ps.cxviii. 
70 ; lxvii. 17. Dan. lobe, runnet, from 
lobe, to run, run together, hence to co- 
agulate. Sw. lopa i hop, to curdle 

Lord, sb. RG. 432 

Lording, sb. RG. 431, 524 

Lordless, adj. RG. 142 

Lordswike, = traitor. Pol. S. 220. RG. 
313. See 'laverdswike ' in La2. ii. 
506 

Lore, sb. f a lore.' M. Ode, st. 1, either 
means ' in learning,' or should be written 
'alore,' otherwise, in other respects. Fr. 
allors 

sb. = learning, teaching. 2065 B. 

Lore, sb. = loss. Alys. 7247 

Loreless, adj. = without learning. Cok. 
fin. 

Loren, part. = lost. See Lose 

Loreyns, sb. = reins. 190 B. Er. lorain. 
Lat. lorum 

Los, *£.=fame. RG. 180, 330, 137. 
Er. los 

Lose, v. a. [lese]. RG. 436 
'lust.' 859 B.; pret. 'las, 
Soul, 123; part, 'y-lore.' 
'loren.' RG. 39 

Lot, sb. RG. 111. Ps. xxi. 18 

- = deceit? Wright's L. P. p. 31 



2 s. pres. 

Body and 

RG. 160; 



AS. lot 
Lote, sb. = play, sport. Wright's L. P. 

p. 49. ON. lota 
Loting,^#r^. = struggling ? Alys. 6203. 

Er. lutter 
Loud, adj. RG. 140. HD. 2073 ; comp. 

'louder.' 450/3 
Lour, v. n. [lure]. K. Horn, 276 ; part. 

'luring.' O. and N. 423. Lat. luror 
Louring, adj. Alys. 526 
Louse, sb. Pol. S. 238 
Lout, v. n. = go low. Body and Soul, 80 ; 

crouch, lie hid. O. and N. 373. AS. 

ldtan 
Love, v. a. [luvie]. Rel. S. v. 262 ; pret. 

'lovede.' RG. 370, 375. AS. lufian 

sb. RG. 18. 39 B. 

Love, v. a. = praise. Ps. el. 2, sing. Ps. 

cv. 12 ; [loove]. AS. lofian 

adj. = agreeable. O. and N. 1033 

Loveing, sb. = praise. Ps. ix. 15 
Lovely, adj. K. Horn, 464 
Lovesome, adj. [lossom]. Wright's L. P. 

p. 26 ; comp. 'lussomore.' lb. p. 51 
Lovesong, sb. Wright's L. P. p. 74 
Low, adj. = humble, 'high and low.' 

RG. 514; [lo$e]. Wright's L. P. p. 73; 

sup. 'lowest.' 1187 B. 

= soft (of sound). HD. 2079 

v. n. = become low, sink. Alys. 5746 

49 



LO 



MA 



Lowe, sb. = flame. Body and Soul, 216. 

ON. log 
Lowe, sb. = hill. Alys. 4348. AS. hlsew 
Lud, sb. = voice. Wright's L. P. p. 27. 

ON. hljoS 
Lugge, sb. = log, rod. O. and N. 1607. 

Dut. blok. Cf. 'lin' and 'blin,' <liss' 

and ' bliss ' 
Lugre, sb. = a precious stone. Cok. 89. 

The ligure of our version of the Bible. 

Ex. xxviii. 19. Gr. XvyKovpiov 
Lumbar, sb. == a ship of burthen. Alys. 

6063 
Lung, sb. Alys. 2156 
Lure, sb. = loss. KG. 181. 0. and N. 

1151. AS. lor, lyre 
Lurk, v. n. HD. 68. Sw. lura 
Lust, sb. = sensualitv- Wright's L. P. p. 

25 
vb. impers. i him luste/ EG. 472 ; ' me 

lust/ 0. and N. 39, 287 
Luther, adj. = wicked. EG. 389, 524. 

AS. lySer 
Luther, sb. = leather, a sling. EG. 394 
Lutherhood, sb. = wickedness. EG. 454 
Lutherness, sb. = wickedness. EG. 389, 

465 
Ly, sb. = voice. St Andrew, 84. AS. 

hlyd 
Lye, sb. = moisture, [le^e]. Pol. S. 154. 

AS. leah 
Lyen, sb. = reward. M. Ode, 32. AS. 

lean 
Lying, sb. Ps. iv. 3 



M. 



Ma, = more. Eitson's AS. viii. 246 

Ma, = make. Ps. liii. 5 

=± made. Ps. xxxii. 6 

In the majority of passages where this 
word occurs in the Surtees Psalter, it 
seems to be a mere expletive, introduced 
for the sake of the rhyme. Cf. Ps. xv. 3 ; 
xvii. 34 ; xxi. 2 ; xxvii. 4 ; lxxxviii. 6 ; 
xcv. 5 ; xcviii. 7 ; &c. &c. 

Ma, = May? Eitson's AS. viii. 146 

Mace, sb. = club. EG. 207. Fr. massue 

Mace, sb. = spice. Cok. 73. Fr. macis 

Mace, sb. = masonry. Alys. 6258. Pr. 
maconnerie 

Mackarel, sb. HD. 758. Pr. maquereau 

Mad, adj. Wright's L. P. p. 29 

Maid, sb. EG. 431 

Maiden, sb. EG. 435 

Maidenclean, adj. HD. 995 ; and see 
Wright's L. P. p. 82 

Maidenhead, sb. = virginity. EG. 95 
50 



Maim, v. a. part, 'ymaimed.' EG. 288. 

Pr. mahaigner, mahain 
Main, sb. = power. EG. 564 
= host or army. EG. 436. AS. 



msegen 
Mainhede, sb. = multitude. Ps. xxx. 20 
Maintain, v. a. EG. 407 
Maintenant, adv. = at once, immediately. 

Alys. 5302 
Maistrie, sb. = craft, science. Alys. 43, 

5591. Pr. maistrie. Lat. magister 
mastery, q. v. 



Make, v. a. EG. 376; 3s. pres. 'mas/ 
Ps. xxviii. 10; pret. 'made/ EG. 2/9, 
372; part, 'ymaked/ Wright's L. P. 
p. Ill 

Make, sb. = mate. Wright's L. P. p. 28 

Making, sb. = creation. Ps. cxlii. 5 

Malapert, adj. Alys. 3259 

Male, sb. — bag, satchel. HD. 48. Pr. 
malle. OHG. malaha 

Malese, sb. = discomfort. Alys. 7366 ; 
written 'male ese/ Alys. 1351 

Malison, sb. = curse. HD. 426 

Mallock, sb. = cursing. Ps. ix. 28 ; xiii. 3 

Maltalent, sb. = ill-will. Alys. 906 

Man, sb. EG. 89, 377, 454 

Manacle, v. a. part, 'mankled/ Pol. 
S. 218 

Mandeflanc, sb. 893 B. probably a mis- 
take for ' mau-de-flanc,' a pain in the side 



Mandment, 



commandment. EG. 



194 201 
Mandrake, sb. Wright's L. P. p. 26 
Manging, sb. = mongering, changing. 

Ps. xliii. 13. AS. mangian 
Mangle, sb. = confusion; 'in mangle' = 

entangled. Alys. 7412 
Mangonel, sb: [magnale]. EG. 394, 519. 

Pr. mangonne. Gr. payyavov. 
Manhood, sb. = humanity, as opposed to 

Godhead or Divinity. EG. 131 

— « = manliness. EG. 101 

homage. EG. 421, 259 



Manifold, adj. EG. 378 

Manihede, sb. = multitude, number. Ps. 

cl. 2 
Manke, sb.= plenty. M. Ode, 35. AS. 

menigeo 
Mankind, sb. Wright's L. P. p. 70 
Manliched, sb. = mercy. Pragm. in 

Warton, H. E. P. vol. i. p. 22 
Manlike, adv. = manlily. Ps. xxx. 25 
Manly, adj. 149 B. 



Manna, 



Ps. lxxvii. 24 



Manner, sb. EG. 381 
Manor, sb. EG. 497 
Manquahn, sb. = slaughter of men. EG. 
416 



MA 



ME 



Manqueller, sb. RG. 455. Judas, 140 
Manrede, sb. = homage. HD. 4S4, AS. 

man-rseden 
Mansing, sb. = cursing. RG. 472, 504. 

AS. a-mansumian 
Manslaughter, sb. [manshift.] RG. 394 
Manslayer, sb. Ps. lviii. 3 
Manticore, sb. = a kind of serpent. Alvs. 

7094 ; the c mantichora ' of Pliny, H. N. 

viii. 30, 45. See also the Anturs of 

Arthur, st. 43, and Skelton's Phyllyp 

Sparowe, v. 294 
Mantle, sb. RG. 539, 435 
Mantleless, adj. Alys. 204 
Many, adj. RG. 376, 504 

much or very, as * many wroth.' 



RG. 49G 



See Meyne 



Mar, v. a. Wright's L. P. p. 29. AS. 

myrran, to hinder 
Marblestone, sb. RG. 476 
March, sb. = kingdom, territory. Alys. 
. 3019. AS. mearc 
— The Marches (in England). 

RG. 537, 538 
Mare, sb. HD. 2449 ; [mere]. Ps. cxlvi. 9 ; 

[more ?] Wright's L. P. p. 36. AS. maere 
Margarite, sb. = pearl. Alys. 5683. 

Wright's L. P. p. 26. Gr. fiapyapirrjg 
Mark, sb. = the coin so called. RG. 390. 

AS. marc, manca 
Mark, v. a. RG. 116. 
Marreys, = marsh, q. v. 
Marriage, sb. RG. 532. 
Marrowed, adj. [merghed]. Ps. lxv. 15. 

AS. mearh 
Marry, v. a. RG. 434 
Marsh, sb. O. and N. 304 ; [marreys]. 

Alys. 6540. AS. mersc 
Marshal, sb. RG. 491, 510 
Martinape, sb. Alys. 6464 
Martre, sb. = a martin. M. Ode, 182 
Martyr, sb. 651 B. 
i v. a. part. f ymartred.' RG. 441, 

476 
Martyrdom, sb. RG. 81, 407, 477 
Marvel, sb. Alys. 5268 
Marvelling, sb. = marvel. Alys. 5572 
Marvellous, adj. Alys. 7152 
Mas, = makes. See Make 
Mash, v. a. = beat, tear to pieces. O. and 

N. 84. Connected with * smash. ' Pr. 

macher. Sw. maska 
Mask, v. a. = bewilder ; part. ' maskede.' 

115 /3. Pr. masque. Lat. masca. See 

Burguy, s. v. ' masquer' 
Mason, sb. Alys. 2370. Pr. macon 
Mass, sb. = church service.. RG. 369, 

405 ; pi. ' masson.' RG. 545. 
h 2 



Massbook, sb. HD. 186 
Massday, sb. Ps. lxxv. 11 ; lxxiii. 8 
Massecos, sb. = masskiss. 1771 B. 
Massgear, sb. = apparatus of the mass ; 

[messe-gere]. HD. 188 
Mast, sb. (of a ship). HD. 709 
Master, sb. RG. 397; [mesteirl. Alys. 

7480 
== master town, or metropolis. 

Alys. 6112 

adj, = crafty. RG. 454 

Masterling, sb. Alys. 400 

Mastery, sb. = superiority ; [maistrie]. 

RG. 395, 558 
Masthede, sb. = might. Ps. xxviii. 3 
Mastlyng, sb. = a kind of brass. RG. 

87. AS. mseslen. See Hearne's Gloss, to 

RG. s. v. 
Mate, sb. = companion. RG. 536 
Matins, sb. RG. 369 
Matresche, sb. = elegant, well-dressed. 

RG. 344. Pr. maistrie 
Matyng, sb. = a dream. See Meting 
Maugre, adj. = in spite of ; ' magrei ys 

nose.' RG. 94 
Maundy, sb. == duty, commandment ; 

[mande]. 359 (3. Lat. mandatum 
Maveis, adj. = bad. RG. 537. Pr. 

mauvais 
Maw, sb. = stomach. RG. 311 ; [ma-he]. 

Rel. S. v. 171 
Mawmet, sb. == idol. RG. 14. Probably 

the word originally meant a scare-crow, 

a bundle of clouts or rags, from the 

verb ' maim.' See Prof. Key's remarks 

on this word, Phil. Soc. Trans. 1856, 

p. 245. 
May, sb. = maiden. Wright's L. P. p. 26, 

28. AS. mseg. 
May, vb. O. and N. 1622 ; [mowe]. RG. 

454; [muhe]. O. and N. 1579; [mu^]. 

O. and N. 62. 3 pi. pres. f mahen.' Rel. 

S. iv. 74. pret. 'my;te.' RG. 377 
May, sb. (the month) [ma ?] Ritson's 

AS. viii. 146 ; [me ?] Wright's L. P. p. 

61 
Maynage, sb. = suite, attendants. RG. 

183 
Mayor, sb. [mor]. RG. 542 
Maze, sb. = folly. RG. 322, 498 _ 
Mazed, adj. = drunk. Ps. lxxxvii. 65 
Me, = May ? Wright's L. P. p. 61 
Me, with verbs,^ — as ' me ne dorste,' they 

did not dare. RG. 367, et passim 
Me. See I 
Mead, sb. = meadow. RG. 496 ; [maied]. 

Alys. 7328. AS. mad 
Meal, sb. = ground corn. HD. 780. AS. 

melu 

51 



ME 



ME 



Meal, sb. — repast. RG. 496 ; pi. ' meals.' 

Rel. Ant. i. p. 111. AS. mgel 
Mean, v. a. = signify. HD. 597. AS. 
insenan 

v. n. = intend, part. * yment. ' Alys. 

4570 
Measurable, adj. = just. Alys. 7050 
Meat, sb. RG. 389. AS. mete 
Meatless, adj. RG. 252 
Medicine, sb. Wright's L. P. p. 88 
Meeting, sb. = reward, meed. Alys. 5533 
Medlay, sb. = tumult, conflict. Alys. 
4612. Pr. medlee ; from medler, to mix 
Meed, sb. RG. 437, 503. AS. med 
Meek, adj. RG. 435 

v. a. = make meek. Ps. ix. 31 

Meekhede, sb. RG. 389 

Meekly, adj. Cok. 142. Ps. exxx. 2 

Meekness. Ps. ix. 14 

Meet, adj. = fit, proper. Wright's L. P. 

p. 36. AS. gemet 
Meet, v. a. = HD. 1810 ; [imete]. Rel. 
S. v. 205. AS. metan < 

v. n. = with reflexive dat. of pron. 

'to gadere hem sone mette.' RG. 400 
Meeting, sb. = encounter. Alys. 2697, 

6747 
Mei, sb. = male relation. Rel. S. v. 162. 
M. Ode, st. 15. AS. mseg. See Gloss. 
Rem. to La}, iii. 441 
Mein, v. a. = mingle. O. and N. 943. 
part. ' meind.' O. and N. 131. ' imeind.' 
O. and N. 18. AS. mengian, pret. 
' meinde ' 
Meld, v. a. = make mild. Rel. Ant. ii. 

p. 210 
Mele, v. n. = speak. HD. 2059. AS. 

mselan. ON. maela 
Mell, v. a. = mix, mingle, part. * imelled.' 

276 (3, Pr. medler 
Melody, sb. 381 (3 
Member, sb. RG. 560 
Menage, sb. = family. Alys. 2087. Pr. 

manage, from ' manoir,' to remain 
Mend, v. a. = amend. Marg. 24 ; [mand]. 

Wright's L, P. p. 44 
Mending, sb. = remedy. Alys. 5206 
Menge. See Ming 
Menison, sb. = dysentery. RG. 568. Pr. 

menison, menoison 
Menske, adj. = gracious. RG. 33. Prom 
AS. mennisc, human; cf. our double 
sense of ' humanity ' 

sb. = grace, civility. Wright's 

L.P. p. 37 

v. a. = treat graciously. Ritson's 

AS. viii. 83 
Menskful, adj. = gracious. Wright's 
L. P. p. 51 
52 



Merchandise, sb. RG. 99 

Merchant, sb. Alys. 704 

Merciful, adj. Ps. cxliv. 8 

Mercy, sb. RG. 370 ; to 'do into mercy* 

= force a man to beg his life. RG. 539 
Mere, adj. [mire]. O. and N. 1739 
adv. = merely, entirely. O. and N. 

496 
Mere, sb. = a boundary. Ps. ii. 8. AS. 

ge-mgere 
Mere, adj. = famous, beautiful, noble. 

Wright's L. P. p. 26. M. Ode, 196. AS. 

msera 
Merksoot, sb. = distance between two 

limits. Ritson's AS. viii. 31. See Wyn- 

toun, ix. 47 
Merrily, adv. [murdly]. Body and Soul, 

17 
Merry, adj. 141 /3 ; [miri]. Ritson's AS. 

viii. 118 ; comp. ' murgore.' RG. 190, 

281; sup. 'murgost.' RG. 349. AS. 

mergS 
v. n. = to be merry, 3 s. pres. ' mur- 

geth.' Wright's L. P. p. 4 5 
v. a. = make merry. Wright's 



L. P. p. 44 
Mes, sb. = meal, mess. Body and Soul, 

137, Sermon 6. AS. mesan, to eat 
Message, sb. 2020 B. 
Messegere, sb. = apparatus of the Mass. 

See Massgear 
Messenger, sb. RG. 475, 505 
Mestere, sb. = craft. K. Horn, 235. 

Pr. maistrie. Lat. magister 
Mestere, sb. = trade, profession. Alys. 

6719. Pr. metier. Lat. ministerium. 

' Of all mestere men ' = of all sorts of 

men. Rel. Ant. i. 115. 
Mestre — ' with the mestre ' = with need, 

or with craft. Alys. 5466 
Metal, sb. RG. 6 ; [matel]. Alys. 6242 
Mete, v. n. = dream. K. Horn, 1458. 

pret. 'mette.' Judas 8. AS. msetan 
Meth, sb. = respect. Wright's L. P. p. 

103. AS. maeS 
Meth, sb. = measure. Ps. lxxix. 6. AS. 

ge-mete 
Methful, adj. = kind. Wright's L. P. 

p. 32. AS. msed-full 
Methful, adj. = weary. Ps. iii. 6. AS. 

mefte 
Methfullike, adj. = moderate, short ? Ps. 

xxxviii. 6. AS. maSte. The V. L. has 

1 metlic ' 
Meting, sb. = a dream. 1576 B. Alys 

327 ; [matyng]. Alys. 261. AS. mffltan 
Meyne, sb. = company. 144, 1582 B. ; 

[maigne]. Alys. 1119. Pr. maignee, from 

manoir. See Burguy, s. v. ' manoir ' 



MI 



MI 



Mid, prep. = with. RG. 371. AS. mid. 

adv. — together. 0. and N. 136 

Midday, sb. Wright's L. P. p. 41 
Middelerd, sb. = the world. RG. 560. 

AS. middan-geard 
Middle, sb. = waist. RG. 435 

adj. [myldel]. RG. 437 

Midmost, adj. = middle. RG. 29 
Midnight, sb. RG. 202 
Midovernoon, = 3 p. m. Alys. 5216. 

Ps. xxxvi. 6 
Midst, [myddes] — " in the myddes.' RG. 

61 
Midsummer, sb. RG. 499 
Midwinter, sb. RG. 367, 408 
Might, sb. See May 

sb. RG. 23. HD. 35. AS. miht 

Mightand, sb. = powerful man. Ps. 

lxxxix. 10 
Mightful, adj. RG. 253 
Mighthede, sb. Ps. cxliv. 7 
Mighting, sb. = might. Ps. lxiv. 7 

> = mighty act. Ps. cv. 2 

Mightsome, v. n. = be powerful, pret. 
' mightsomed.' Ps. lxxvii. 38. part, 
'mightsomand,' Ps. lxxii. 12 
Mightsomeness, sb. Ps. xxix. 7 
Mighty, adj. 341 /3 
Mikel, adj. = great, incomprehensible. 
Creed of St Athan. 25 ; [mochel]. 305 B. 
AS. mycel 

v. a. = magnify. Ps. xi. 5 ; xvii. 

51; lxxi. 17 
Mikelhed, sb. = greatness. Ps. cv. 45 
Mikelnes, sb. Ps. xxxvi. 11 
Milce, sb. = mercy. RG. 388. A sub- 
stantive formed from c mild.' AS. milts 
Mild, adj. RG. 246, 374 
Milderthede, sb. = mildness, mercy. Ps. 
lxxvii. 38. Por milderhede, the * t ' in- 
serted euphonically, as in c are-t-hede,' 
honour 
Mildheartness, sb. Ps. xci. 3 
Mildly, adv. [milthely]. 52 |3 
Mildness, sb. Wright's L. P. p. 73 
Mile, sb. — a measure of distance. RG. 

375. AS. mil 
Mile, sb. = a girl ? Wright's L. P. p. 44. 
AS. meowle 



Milful, 



= merciful. RG. 435 



AS. 



Milk, sb. RG. 43 

Mill, sb. [mulen]. O. and N. I 

mylen 

Millhouse, sb. [milnehus]. HD. 1967 
Millpost, sb. [mulnepost]. Pol. S. 70 
Millstone, sb. Pragm. Sci. 185. 
Millward, sb. Pilate 4 
Milt, ^. = the spleen. Rel. S. v. 171 

AS. milt 



Milth, sb. = mildness. Ps. xxiv. 6 

v. n. = be mild. Ps. xxiv. 11 ; lxvi. 2 

Mind, sb. [mund]. Signa ante Jud. 78 
Mind, sb. [munde]. == memory. RG. 392, 

527. AS. myne 
Mine, adj. = my, before a consonant. RG. 

214, 215 
Mine, sb. = an unknown game. HD. 2326. 

Roquefort s. v. says of it, C I1 etoit tres- 

dangereux, et on pouvoit s'y ruiner en 

peu de temps ' 
Mine, v. a. = remember. Ps. viii. 5. part. 

' mined ' = mindful. Ps. vi. 6. See 

Minne 
Mine, v. a. — dig up. RG. 518. Fr. 

mine. See Burguy, s. v. 

v. n. = dig. Alys. 1216 

Miner, sb. Alys. 1218 

Ming, v. a. = mingle. RG. 42 ; [menge] 

1995 ; pret. ' monge.' RG. 239 ; part. 

c ymenged.' RG. 48, ' minging.' RG. 95. 

AS. mengian 
Minister, sb. Pol. S. 195 
Miniver, sb. Alys. 5474. Pr. menu vair 
Minne, adj. = less. Creed of St Athan. 

56. ON. minni 
Minne, v. a. = remember. Wright's L. P. 

37; [munne]. Ibid. p. 112. imper. 

' munt ' ? Ibid. p. 37. AS. mynan 
Minor, sb. = Minorite. RG. 498 
Minster, sb. RG. 518 
Minstrel, sb. [menstral]. RG. 53 ; [ine- 

nestral]. RG. 272 
Miracle, sb. RG. 73, 121 
Mirk, adj. Ps. xvii. 12. AS. mire 
Mirkness, sb. Ps. x. 3 
Mirror, sb. Pol. S. 213 
Mirth r sb. O and N. 341 

v. n. ■=■ be joyful. Ps. xxxi. 11 

Mirthing, sb. Ps. lxxxviii. 16 
Misadventure, sb. = written divisim, 

c mys aventure.' RG. 205 ; [misauntre]. 

RG. 375, 529 
Mishear, v. a. = misbehave, part. e mis- 
bore.' 1248 B. 
Mishegotten, adj. RG. 42 
Mishelief, sb. RG. 121 
Mishelieved, adj. = infidel. RG. 239 
Mischance, sb. RG. 137, 380 
Mischief, sb. Alys. 3784; 'with mis- 
chief ; = hardly. Alys. 3775 
Misclaiming, part. RG. 375 
Misdeed, sb. RG. 279 
Misdo, v. a. RG. 381. pret. 'mysdude.' 

RG. 429, 34 
Misease, sb. RG. 34, 450, 490 

adj. 520/3 

Miseislich, adj. = miserable. Rel. Ant. 



u. p. 



217 



53 



MI 



MO 



Misfaring, adj. = of evil shape and con- 
dition. Alys. 6*70 
Misfonge, v. a. = take amiss, misunder- 
stand. 0. and N. 1372 
Misgo, v.n. HD. 2707 
Misliche, adv. = erroneously, unfairly. 0. 

and N. 1771 
Mislike, v. a. 536 B. 

v. 7i. 0. and N. 344 

Misliking, sb. Ps. lxxvii. 49. Wright's 

L. P. p. 72 
Mismotynde, part. = arguing wrongly. 

Pol. S. 157 
Misnime, v. a. = mistake, part. ■ mis- 

nume.' O. and N. 1512 
Misniming, sb. = wrongful taking. BG. 

508 
Mispay, v. a. = displease. 2046 B. 
Misrede, v. a. = misadvise. O. and N. 

160, 1061 
Misreke, v. n. = misreckon. O. and N. 

490, 675 
Misrempe, v. n. = misstate or misstrive 

in an argument. O. and N. 1785. ON. 

remba, niti 
Miss, v. a. 50 B. AS. missian 

v. n. = fail of. O. and N. 823 

Missay, v. a. HD. 49 

Misstart, v. n. O. and N. 675 

Misstep, v. n. O. and N. 1351 

Mist, sb. 684 B 

Misthink, v. a. [think mis]. Ps. ix. 23 

Mistide, v. n. = happen unfortunately. 

O. and N. 1499 
Mistread, v. a. = tread awry. Bel. Ant. 

ii. 175 
Misunderstand, v. a. BG. 42 
Miswend, part. = sone in the wrong way. 

BG. 351 
Mis^enge, sb. = failure. O. and N. 1227 
Mithe, v. a. = conceal. HD. 652. AS. 

mfSan 
Mitten, sb. = might. Marg. 44 
Mixed, adj. = foul. HD. 2533. AS, mix 
Mo, = more. BG. 369 
Moan,p.». [mene]. 1284 B. AS. msenan 

sb. Wright's L. P. p. 23 

Mock, v. a. Pol. S. 238 

Mody, adj. •== proud. Body and Soul 3. 

AS. modig 
Molest, sb. = sorrow. Alys. 5443, 58] 1 
Mon, = shall, as ' mon grinde.' Ps. xxviii. 

6; [mone]. Ps. lxviii. 37. ON. mun 
Mon, indef. pron. = ' one ; ' as the Germ. 

'man.' 0. and N. 455 
Monday. BG. 495 
Mone, sb. See Mon 
Mone, sb. = companion. K. Horn, 540. 

AS. gemana 
54 



Mone, — share, portion. K. Horn, 1147. 

AS. gemeene 
Mone, sb. = saying, proverb. Alys. 1281. 

ON. munnr 
= opinion. HD. 816. AS. monian, 



manian 
Mone, sb. = wrong, harm ? BG. 315. AS. 

man 
Mone, v. a. = tell, repeat. Wright's L. P. 

p. 92. AS. msenan? 
Mones, = many ? Ps. lxv. 5 



Monk, 



BG. 105, 369 



Monoceros, sb. = an animal with one 

horn. Alys. 5721, 6539 
Monscip, sb. = mercy. Marg. 69 ; or 

possibly 'honour.' See Gloss. Bern, to 

La2. iii. 439 
Month, sb. BG. 44, 399, 435 
Mood, sb. = temper. BG. 15 ; disposition. 

BG. 61; [med]. BG. 157 
Moodiness, sb. O. and N. 1403 
Moody, adj. 0. and N. 500. Wright's 

L. P. p. 44 
Moor, sb. Pol. S. 216 
Moorhen, sb. Pol. S. 158 
Mopish, adj. — foolish, silly. 78 B. 
Mor. See Mayor 
More, sb. = root. BG. 39, 352. 'Moren' 

is used by La^amon, but the etymology 

is uncertain 

v. a. = root up. BG. 499 

More, adj. == greater. BG. 421 

= more (of quantity). 814 B. 

adv. = rather. BG. 453 



Moretide, sb. = morrow tide. Alys. 4106. 

AS. morgentid 
More^eiing. See Morning 
Morheden, vb. 3 pi. pret. = murmured. 

Ps. cv. 25. AS. murcnian. Dut. mor- 

ren 
Morning, sb. [morweninge]. UG. 558 ; 

[more^eiing]. O. and N. 1716 
Morrow, sb. [morwe]. BG. 382 ; 

[marewe]. Wright's L. P. p. 41. AS. 

morgen 
Morsel, sb. BG. 342 
Morselmeal, adv. = in pieces, or morsels. 

St Kath. 250 
Mortar, sb. = cement. BG. 128 
Mortar, sb. = an instrument in which 

substances are pounded. Alys. 332 
Mose, sb. = hedgesparrow. O. and N. 

69. Cf. AS. mase, a titmouse, and ON. 

musa-rindill, passer troglodytes 
Most, adj. = greatest. 184, 123 B. 
Mostdel, = most part. BG. 287 
Mot, sb. = dispute, moot. 0. and N. 468. 
Mot, adj. = mute ? Wright's L. P. p. 31. 

Fr. mut, muet 



MO 



NE 



Mote, vb. pres. = may. RG. 508. 

; = must. 826 B. pret. ' moste ' 

= must, should. RG. 53, 367 ; 2 s. pret. 

'mostest.' 1214 B. 
Mother, sb. RG. 465 
Mould, sb. = earth, ' ou molde.' Wright's 

L. P. pp. 29, 31 
Mound, sb. = helmet. Alys. 2277. AS. 

mond = a basket 
Mound, sb. = power, value. Alys. 2655, 

2207 
— — — = size, heuce a crowd of people. 

Pol. S. 189. Fr. mont, munt 
Mouns, sb. = mountains. RG. 220, 

392 
Mount, v. n. = ascend. 184 B. 
Mountain, sb. 27 (3 
Mountance, sb. = duration. Alys. G211. 

Fr. montance 
Mourn, v. n. Wright's L. P. p. 34. AS. 

murnan 
Mourning, sb. 23 B. 
Mouse, sb. Wright's L. P. p. 111. AS. 

nms 
Mouth, sb. HD. 1256. 868 B. 
Mouthed, adj. Alys. 6125 
Move, v. a. RG. 453 
Mow, v. a. RG. 496, strike hard. HD. 

1852. AS. mawan 

sb. = crop. O. and N. 1038 

Mowe, sb. = a female relation. Rel. S. v. 

162. M. Ode, st. 15. RG. 316. AS. 

mage. See Gloss. Rem. to La2. iii. 441 
Much, adj. RG. 372. 19 B. 
Muchdel, = great part. RG. 376 
Muchehed, sb. = greatness, size. Alys. 

7352 
Muchel. See Mikel 
Muck, sb. Fr. on the Seven Sins, 29 
Muge, sb. = mugwort. Wright's L. P. 

p. 26. AS. mug-wyrt 
Mulberry, sb. Ps. lxxvii. 47. Germ. 

maulbeere. Lat. morus 
Mule, sb. RG. 189 
Mumble, v. n. Pol. S. 238. ON. mumla. 

Dut. mommelen 
Munne, v. n. = remember. Wright's L. P. 

p. 112. imper. ' munt.' Ibid. p. 37 
Munning, 'sb. = remembrance, remorse ? 

Wright's L. P. p. 37. AS. munan 
Munten, v. a. = measure out ; hence, give, 

pay. Pol. S. 151. Rel. Ant. ii. p. 216. 

Fr. munter 
Muray, sb. = wall. Alys. 6244. Fr. 

murail 
Murder, sb. RG. 559 
i v.a. pret. 'morthrede.' RG. 263. 

part, /ymorthred.' RG. 110. AS. 

myr<5rian 



Murgost, Murgore, Murge. See under 

Merry 
Murne, adj. = sorrowful. K. Horn, 724 
Muthe, sb. = army, 1638. Fr. muete 
Mutton, sb. = the meat so called. Pol 

S. 198 
My, adj. RG. 443 
Mynde, adj. = merciful, kind. Wright's 

L. P. p. 82. The word occurs in the 

Manuel d. Pecches, v. 727, 
* And y am euere so mynde 
For to pray for al mankynde.' 

AS. myn 
Myrrh, sb. Wright's L. P. p. 96. Body 

and Soul, 118 
Mysel, sb. = leper. RG. 435. Fr. mesel. 

Lat. misellus 



N. 



Nail, sb. — clavus. HD. 712. AS. nsegel 

= unguis. K. Horn, 238 

v. a. Wright's L. P. p. 84. part. 

ynailed.' 93 (3 



Naked, adj. RG. 458, 557. AS. nacod. 

This word is a participle of a verb, of 

which the root is nag (cf. ON. gnaga), 

meaning to gnaw, strip off bark or 

covering from anything 
Nakedhed, sb. Alys. 7056 
Nakins, = no kind. Ps. xxxii. 16 
Name, sb. RG. 367 

v. a. pret. ' nempnede.' RG. 28 

Namely, adv. RG. 381, 537 

Nanmon, =z no more. RG. 291 

Nap, sb. — napkin. Rel. S. v. 107. Fr. 

nape. Lat. mappa 
Nap, v. n. = sleep. Ps. lxxv. 7. Rel. 

Ant. ii. 211. AS. hnseppian 
Nape, sb. = back of neck. Alys. 1347. 

Swed. nakke 
Napping, sb. = sleep. Ps, lxxv. 6. AS. 

hnseppung 
Nare, = narrow, q. v. 

v. a. = oppress. Ps. xxxiv. 5 

Narrow, adj. RG. 401; [nare]. Fr. 

Sci. 318. AS. nearo 
adv. = narrowly, closely. O. and 

N. 68 
Natheless, = nevertheless. RG. 375 
Navel, sb. Alys. 493. AS. nafela 
Nawighte, adv. -— not at all, not a bit. 

Ps. lxxvi. 3 
Nay, adv. Wright's L. P. p. 32 
Ne, = not. O. and N. 48. RG. 470 

=nor. O. and N. 905, 906. RG. 470. 

hi composition. A. With the verb To Be 

pres. sing. 1. c nam.' Wright's L. P. 
55 



NE 



NI 



If. 



2. 'nart.' 0. and 
r. 407. 3. { nis.' RG. 

<pret. sing. 3. ' nes.' Wright's L. P. p. 
52. « nas.' EG. 372 
pi. 'nere.' RG. 376 
pret. conj. * nere.' O. and N. 22 

B. With the verb To 

Have 
pret. sing. 1. ' navy.' Wright's L. P. 
p. 37. 2. ' nast.' Ibid p. 
102, 103. 3. 'nath.' 
Wright's L. P. p. 42. 
'nafdh.' Rel. S. v. 80 
pi. 3. 'nabbeth.' 0. and N. 
253 
pret. sing. 2. ' naddest. 0. and N. 1509 

pi. 'nadde.' RG. 19 
pres. conj. 3. ' nabbe.' Eel. S. v. 41 

C. With the verb To 

Will 
pres. sing. 1. 'mil.' Wright's L. P. p. 
32, 'nullvt.' Id. ibid. 

2. 'nyltn.' RG. 13. 'nultu.' 
O. and N. 903 

3. ' nele.' O. and N. 1480. 
pi. 3. 'nolle.' RG. 265. 'nul- 

leth.' O. and N. 1762 
pret. ' nolde.' RG. 508. ' noldestu,' 
Rel. S. v. 167 

D. With the verb To 
Wit 

pres. sing. 1. ' not.' O. and N. 1619. 
3. 'not.' RG. 518 
pi. 2. 'nmte.' O. and N. 1749. 
3. 'mite.' O. and N. 1008. 
neotith. Alys. 3767 
pret. sing. 3. ' miste.' RG. 13 
Neat, sb. = cattle. RG. 404, 518. AS. 

nyten, neat 
Neb, sb. = face. Eragm. in Warton, 

H.E.P. vol. i. p. 24. AS. neb 
Neck, sb. RG. 539, 375. AS. hnecca 
Necromancy, sb. Alys. 137 
Nedre, sb. = adder. RG. 43. AS. nseddre 
Need, sb. = necessary duty. RG. 527 

service, help. RG. 403. O. and 



N. 388 



v. n. 976 B. RG. 370 



Need, v. n. s= dare. Alys. 6525. AS. 

neSan 
Needful, adj. = needy. Ps. cviii. 22. 

Sermon, 17 
Needing, sb. = need. Ps. ix. 10 
Needle,^. RG. 99 
Needless, adj. 1664 B. 
Needy, adj. RG. 330 
Neeres, sb. = reins, kidneys. Ps. xxx. 3. 

ON. nyra. Dut. nier. Cf. 'kydneer,' 
56 



the form found in Wiclif, Ex. xxix. 

13 
Neghtsom, adj. = propitious. Ps, lxiv. 

4 ; lxxvii. 38. AS. hnaegan 
Neigh, v. n. RG. 459. part, 'neyghynge.' 

Alys. 1872. AS. hmegan 
Neighbour, sb. RG. 538 
Neighing, sb. Alys. 2091 
Neither, pron. [nother]. RG. 421 ; conj. 

[notherj. O. and N. 465; [nouther]. 

Wright's L. P. p. 102 
Neld, sb. = needle. Sermon, 22 
Nende, sb. = end. RG. 153, 297 
Nephew, sb. RG. 325, 393 
Nere, sb. = ear. Ps. xxx. 3 
Nese, v. n. = sneeze. Rel. Ant. ii. 211. 

AS. niesan 
Nesh, adj. = soft, tender. 1623 B. O. 

and N. 1385 ; [neys]. HD. 217. AS. 

hnesc 

v. a. = make soft. part. ' nesched.' 



Ps. liv. 22 
Neshly, adv. = softly, [nessely]. RG. 435 



Nest, 



O. and N. 



Nestle, v. n. Ps. ciii. 17 

Net, sb. HD. 752 

Nether, [nyther] = lower. 522 (3. sup. 

'netherest.' Ps. cxxxviii. 15. 'nythe- 

meste.' Er. Sci. 331 
Netherward, adv. [notherward]. O. and 

N. 144 
Nettle, sb. O. and N. 593 
Neve, sb. = fist, neif. 

hnefi 

Never, adv. RG. 13 ; [newe]. RG. 468 
Nevereft. 946 B. 
Neverthelater, adv. 
New, adj. [nywe]. 

O. and N. 1127 

sb. = infant. Ps. xviii. 8 

v. a. = renew. Ps. xxxviii. 3 



HD. 1917. ON. 



RG. 11 
RG. 375 



[no we]. 



Next. See Nigh 

Nice, adj. = silly, foolish. RG. 109, 106. 

Er. niais 
Nine, v. n. == talk folly, drivel. Rel. Ant. 

ii. p. 211 
Nigh, adj. [nq]. 94, 208 B. ; [neh]. 

Wright's L. P. p. 34. sup. " next.' RG. 

.11 ; [nest]. Wright's L. P. p. 59 
Nigh, v. n. = draw near to. Wright's 

L. P. p. 84. Alys. 781 
Night, sb. RG. 383. gen. absol. 'nightes' 

= in the night-time, or ' by night.' O. 

and N. 238 
Nightingale, sb. O. and N. 4, 13. AS. 

nightgale, from ' galan,' to sing 
Nighwhat, = almost. RG. 81, 398 
Nime, v. a. = take. 822 B. ; pret. ' nome.' 



NI 



OF 



RG. 367 ; * nam.' 285 B. ; ' neine.' 254 

B. ; part. ' ynome.' RG. 3 ; part. ' nimiug ' 

= taking prisoners. Alys. 1614. AS. 

niraan 
Nine. RG. 382, 393 
Nineteen. RG. 517 
Nineteenth, adj. RG. 421 
Ninety. RG. 485 
Ninth, adj. RG. 473 
Nithe, v. a. = lower, bend. Marg. 17 
Nithe, sb. = hatred, envy. Wright's L. 

P. p. 49. AS. nitS 

v. n. = strive, emulate. Ps. xxxvi. 8 

Nitheful, adj. = malicious. M. Ode, 138 
Nithemest, adj. = nethermost, lowest. 

Pragm. Sci. 331 
Nithing, sb. = villain. K. Horn, 202. 

AS. niSing 
No, adv. v no shaltow ' = shalt thou not. 

Alys. 6925 
No, adj. = none. 24 B. 
Noble, adj. RG. 367 
Nobleman, sb. RG. 393 
Nobleye, sb. = nobility. RG. 376, 420 
Nobly, adv. RG. 367; [noblelike]. HD. 

2640 
Noise, sb. RG. 151, 396. Pr. noise. 

Prov. nausa. Lat. nausea 
Noll, sb. = head. Pol. S. 157. AS. cnoll, 

hnol 

Nomore, adv. [namore]. RG. 384 
None, adj. before a consonant. RG. 

369, 370; [nond]. Ritson'sAS. xvii. 35. 

=no one. RG. 468 



Nook, 



r note' or value? 'not a far- 



thing's nook.' HD. 820 
Nook, sb. = corner, nook. Ps. cxvii. 22. 

ON. hnocki, a hook; hence an angle 

or corner 
Noon, sb. RG. 398 
North. RG. 14 

Northern, adj. Wright's L. P. p. 51 
Northward, adv. 1127 B. 
Norye, sb. = a foster-child. Alys. 4730 



Nose, 



RG. 94 



Not, adv. [no^t]. 102 B. 

Note, sb. (in music). St Dunstan, 165 

Note, sb. = use, power, possession. O. 

and N. 51. AS. notu. The Jesus Coll. 

MS. however reads ' vote/ i. e. ' foot ' 

. v. a. = employ. O. and N. 1031 

Notheles, ado. f notheles A ' = without 

the aid of A. Alys. 3658 
Nother, conj. = nor. RG. 421 
Nothfulhede, sb. = use, advantage. Ps. 

xxix. 10 
Nothing". RG. 367 
Nought, = nothing; [na^t]. RG. 403; 

[nojt]. 1094 B. 



Nourish, v. a. [norysyl. RG, 434: 

[norischi]. 1876 B. 
Nourishing, sb. = nourishment. Pragm. 

Sci. 382 
Now, adv. [nou]. RG. 368 ; [nouthel. 

RG. 458 
Nowe, sb. = cattle. Body and Soul, 73. 

Yorksh. c nowie.' ON. naut 
Nowhere, adv. RG. 428 
No whither, adv. Body and Soul, 179 
Noy, v. a. = annoy. 198 B. 
Nughtsom, v. n. = abound. Ps. lxiv. 14. 

AS. genihtsumian 

v. a. = make to abound. Ps. 



xlix. 19 
Number, sb. RG. 396 
Numbering, sb. RG. 61 
Nun, sb. RG. 370. Pr. nonne 
Nunnery, sb. RG. 369 
Nut, sb. HD. 419. Alys. 5193. AS. hnut 
Nutmeg, sb. Alys. 6792, Pr, muguette, 

noix muscade 
Nycke, v. = f to nycke nay/ Wright's 

L. P. p. 32 
Nyte, v. a. = use, enjoy. HD. 941. AS. 

neotan. ON. nyta 
Nythemest, = lowest. See Nether 



O, = one. RG. 430, 454 

O, = ever. O. and N. 1474. See Oo 

Oak, sb. RG. 22. AS. gee 

Oaken, adj. Alys. 6415 

Oar, sb. HD. 711. AS. ar 

Oath, sb. RG. 383, 506. AS. a$ 

Obedience, sb. 921 B. 

Obeysant, adj. = obedient. RG. 503 

Obligation, sb. RG. 391 

Oblige, v. a. RG. 12. part. ' y-obliged/ 

RG. 389 
Obok, = on the book. HD. 2311 
Obon, = on, or in body. HD. 2505. See 

numerous other exx. of this form in Sir 

P. Madden's Gloss, to Havelok under 

this word 
Observe, v. a. Legend of St Cuthbert- in 

Warton, H. E. P. vol. i. p. 15, n. 
Ocean, sb. RG. 40 
Ocquerne, sb. = dog-leather well dressed. 

M. Ode, st. 183. Fr. ocaigne 
Odame, sb. = brother-in-law. Alys. 2081. 

See v. 2349. AS. aoum. N.H.G. eidam 
Odwite, sb. = reproach. O. and N. 1231. 

AS. edwit, ooVitan 
Of. O. and N. 9, 11 

= on account of. O. and N. 40 

Ofbore, v. n. = forbear. O. and N. 408 

57 



OF 



OP 



Ofchamed, part. = ashamed. 0. and N. 

932. AS. of-sceamian 
Ofdawen, v. n. = recover one's senses. 

Alys. 2265 
Ofdrad, part. = afraid. 0. and N. 1141 
Oferen, v. a. = terrify. O. and N. 976. 

part. * oferd.' O. and N. 399. AS. of- 
fered, affrighted 
Off, adv. [of.] Pol. S. 188 
Offer, v. a. RG. 545 
Offering, sb. = donation. RG. 545 ; obla- 
tion. Alys. 6163 
Office, sb. = duty. RG. 468 
Offspring, sb. KG. 9 
Ofgo, v. a. = overtake. 52 B. 
Ofgrede, v. a. = call to. Alys. 581 
Ofken, v. a. = bring forth (a child). Rel. 

S. iv. 42 
Ofligge, v. n. = lie by, or on. O. and 

N. 1503 
Oflonged, part. == oppressed with longing. 

0. and N. 1585 
Ofscape, v. a. = escape. RG. 398 

v. n. = escape. RG. 570 

Ofsee, v. a. = see. pret. * of-sygh.' Alys. 

6060. AS. of-seon 
Ofseek, v. a. = seek out. Miracles, 87 
Ofsend, v. a. = send for. Alys. 1006, 1912 
Ofserve, v. a. = observe. RG. 265 
Ofslahe, part. = slain. O. and N. 1609 
Ofspeak, v. a. = speak of, part. ' of- 

spoke.' Alys. 6518 
Ofswink, v. a. = fatigue. RG. 40 
Oft, adj. = frequent. RG. 264 ; comp. 

oter. RG. ibid. 

adv. RG. 443 

Oftake, v. a. = overtake. 53 B. 409 /3 
Ofthink, v. a. used impersonally = to 

repent of. 'hem of-thou^te here prute.' 

RG. 163. AS. of-]?incan 
; v. a. = think of, consider. Rel. 

S. v. 2 
Oftoned, part. = made angry. O. and N. 

254. AS. teonan 
Ogaine, = again. Tor words compounded 

with ' ogaine, 5 see under Again 
Oh, Ohen. See Owe 
Oil, sb. RG. 13; [oli]. Ps. xxii. 5 ; [ely]. 

Marg. 60 
Ointment, sb. Judas 126 
Ok, = eke, also. HD. 1081 
Ok. See Ache 
Ok, = ac, but. Pol. S. 205 
Okir, sb. = usury. Ps. xiv. 5. ON. okr. 

from auka, to increase 
Oknes, = on knees. HD. 2252 
Old, adj. RG. 474 
Oli. See Oil 
Olifaunt. See Elephant 
58 



Olive, sb. RG. 193 

Olive, adv. = on, or in life, alive. HD. 

2865. RG. 81 
Oliver, sb. = olive. Alys. 5785 
Oloft, adv. = aloft ; lit. in the air. Ps. 

lxxiv. 8 
On. See Owe 

On, prep. Wright's L. P. pp. 22, 38 
Onan, adv. = anon. Ps. civ. 11 
Onde, sb. = spite. RG. 40. AS. anda 
Onde, sb. = breath. Alys. 3501. ON. 

anda 
Ondi ? Body and Soul, 103 
One, = the numeral. RG. 523. ace. s. 

'anne.' O. and N. 792 

= a certain person. RG. 289 

— -'= alone, single. Wright's L. P. p. 

81 
Onelote, sb. = offering, or sacrifice. Ps. 

xxxix. 7 ; 1. 21. Probably a corruption 

of AS. <of-lete' 
Oneness, sb. = unity. Creed of St Athan. 

Ones, adv. = of one kind. O. and N. 

1393 
Onfang, v. a. = conceive (of a woman) ; 

pret. ' onfogh.' Ps. 1. 7. part. ' onfanged/ 

Id. ibid. 
Onfrest, v. a. — delay. HD. 1337. AS. 

fyrst 
Ongrede, v. a. = lament. O. and N. 1586 
Onhede, sb. = unity. Creed of St Athan. 

72 
Oning, sb. = a darling, only child. Ps. 

xxi. 21 
Onith, adv. = by nig;ht. HD. 1251 
Onlepi. See Anilepi 
Onlight, v. a. = illuminate. Ps. cxviii. 

135 
Onrese, v. n. = rush upon. Ps. lviii. 4 
Onsene, sb. = countenance. O. and N. 

1704. AS. on-syn 
Onsprute, sb. = a sprouting forth. Ps. 

xvii. 16 
Onwar, adj. = ware, aware. Wright's 

L. P. p. 46 
Onycle, sb. = onyx. Wright's L. P. p. 25 
Onyx, sb. Cok. 90 
Oo, adv. = aye, ever. Wright's L. P. pp. 

43, 99 
Ope, adj. = open. O. and N. 168. AS. 

open. ON. opinn, from 'op,' ostium, 

foramen. Lat. ap-erio 
Open, v. a. Wright's L. P. p. 71 

v.n. 2209 B. 

Openheaded, adj. = bareheaded. RG. 



530 

Openly, adv. Alys. 4003 
O. and N. 851 



[opeliche]. 



OB 



oxr 



Orchard, sb. Alys. 1684. AS. orcerd 
Ordain, v. a. (a clerk). 276 B. 

= set in array. RG. 452, 456 

Ordainer, sb. = tutor. RG. 469 
— = a setter in order. St Dun- 

stan, 45 
Orde, sb. = a point. K. Horn, 638. Alys. 

1838 
= beginning. 0. and N. 1783. AS. 

drd. 
Order, sb. = disposition, arrangement. 

Ritson's AS. xvii. 100 
Order, sb. (of friars). RG. 492 
= holy orders. RG. 106 ; an order 

in the church, as the priesthood. St 

Swithin, 17 
Ore, sb. = beginning. M. Ode, st. 91. 

AS. or 
Ore, adj. = one, an, O. and N. 17, 1748, 

1752 
Ore, sb. = grace, mercy. RG. 1, 8, 381. 

ON. eira, to spare 
Oreless, adj. = merciless. M. Ode, st. 109 
Orf, sb. = sheep. RG. 6, 378 ; [oreve]. 

O. and N. 1155. AS. yrfe 
Orfreys, sb. = embroidery. Alys. 179. 

Fr. orfrais, vid. Roq. s. v. 
Organ, sb. = musical instrument. Ps. 

cxxxvi. 2 
Orgle, sb. = organ. Alys. 191. Germ. 

orgel 
Orgulous, adj. = proud. Alys. 2006. 

AS. orgel. Fr. orgueil 
Orison, sb. = prayer. RG. 435, 475 
Orn. See Wine 
Orpedship, sb. = valour. Alys. 1413. 

Orpinn is the partic. of ' verpa/ to ' warp/ 

or 'throw,' in O. Norse. Hence 'orped' 

comes to signify ' headlong/ ' daring/ or 

'valorous' 
Osier, sb. [oyser]. Alys. 6186. Fr. osier 
Ostede, = in the place. HD. 2549 
Oth, adv. = out of. . 0. and N. 359 
Oth, = other ? 0. and N. 115 
Other, adj. RG. 375 
Other, = or. RG. 376; ' other— other ' 

= either— or. 638 (3 
Otherluker, adv. = otherwise. M. Ode, 

st. 76 
Othom, sb. = uncle. RG. 182, 440. 

Germ, oheim. Dut. oom. 
Ought, vb. See Owe 
Ought, = anything. 765 B. 
Oule, sb. = firehook. 478 (3. Body and 

Soul, 207. AS. awel, sel 
Ounce, sb. = the animal. Alys. 5228. Fr. 

once. Span, onza 
Our, adj. 428 B. 
Our, adj. = your ? RG. 455 
I 2 



Out, adv. RG. 546 

prep. c out of.' RG. 547 

Outbear, v. a. = bear out. Ps. lxxvii. 

52. part. 'outborn.' Ps. ix. 26 
Outbishett, part. = shut out. Alys. 25 
Outcast, v. a. part, 'outcasten/ Ps. 

lxxxiii. 11 
Outcasting, sb. = an outcast. Ps. xxi. 7 
Outdraw, v. a. pret. 'outdroghe.' Ps. 

xxi. 10 
Outdrive, v. a. Ps. xliii. 3 
Outelyng, adj. = external, beyond 

others. Alys. 491 4 . 
Outen, adj. = foreign. Ps. xvii. 46 
Outend, v.' a. — exterminate. Ps. lxxix. 

14 
Outerly, adv. f al outerliche ' = intently. 

Alys. 220 
Outgang, sb. Ps. xxx. 23 
Outgate, sb. = going out. Ps. cxiii. 1 
Outgo, v. n. Ps. xliii. 10. pret. 'out- 

yhode.' Ps. xviii. 5 
Outgoing, sb. Rel. Ant. ii. p. 191 
Outlaw, sb. HD. 41 
Outlead, v. a. Ps. lxvii. 7 
Outlet, sb. [utlete]. 0. and N. 1752 
Outloted, part. = overthrown ? Ps. cxl. 

6. AS. Iiitan. part. 'loten' 
Outly, adv. RG. 66, 239 
Outmost, adj. RG. 549 
Output, v. a. Ps. v. 11 
Outrage, sb. RG. 136 ; e said none out- 
rage * = spoke truly. RG. 432 
Outseek, v. a. RG. 435 
Outsend, v. a. Ps. ciii. 30 
Outsheath, v. a. Ps. xxxvi. 14 
Outshun, v. a. = make to avoid. Ps. 

xxiv. 15 ; to pluck up ? Ps. cxxviii. 6 
Outspit, v. a. part. * outspat.' Alys. 

1628 
Outspring, v. n. pret. f outsprang.' Alys. 

493 
Outsterandness, sb. = excuse. Probably 

for ' outscerandness.' Ps. cxl. 4. See 

the V. L. AS. sciran 
Outstere, sb. = excuse. Probably for 

'outscere.' Ps. cxl. 4. See the V. L. 

So ' stakered ' is written for ' skatered ' 

inv. 7 
Outtake, v. a. = take out. Ps. vi. 5. 

part. ' outane.' Ps. cxxiii. 7 
Outthrow, v. a. Ps. lxxii. 18 
Outward, adv. 2208 B. 
Outwending, sb. = departure. Wright's 

L. P. p. 75 
Outweringnes, sb. = vexation, weari- 
ness. Ps. xxx. 19 
Outwryghe, v. a. = discover. Alys. 6483. 

AS. wreon 

59 



ov 



PA 



Ovemest, adj. = highest, upmost. Fragm. 

Sci. 24 
Oven, sb. O. and N. 292 (in dat. ' ofne '). 

AS. ofen 
Ovenon, adv. 'on ovenon' = above, 

upon. Alys. 2234. S. S. anovenan. See 

Laj. iii. 34 
Over, prep. = ' across.' Pol. S. 70 
= superior to, beyond. Ps. cxviii. 

103 
Overal, adv. RG. 375 
Overcast, adj. (of the sky). 1415 B. 
Overcome, v. a. RG. 401, 454, 548 
Overdear, adj. = very costly. RG. 389 
Overdeed, sb. = a doing too much, sur- 
feit. 0. and N. 352 
Overest, sb. = highest part. Ps. ciii. 3 
Overfall, v. a. = fall upon. Ps. lvii. 9 
Overfare, v. n. = pass away. HD. 

2163 
v. a. — pass over. O. and N. 

387. pret. 'overfore.' Ps. cxxiii. 5. 

part, 'overfaren.' Ps. cxxiii. 5 
Overgilt, part. — gilt. St Kath. 158 
Overgo, v. n. [over-gan]. 0. and N. 950 
Overhead, sb. = blow on the head. Alys. 

7396 
Overheave, v. a. part. ' overhoven.. Ps. 

lxxi. 16 
Overhele, v. a. = conceal. Ps. xliii. 16 
Overhohe, v. a. == despise. O. and N. 

1404. AS. ofer-hogian 
Overhope, v. n. = hope constantly. Ps. 

cxviii. 43 
Overmirth, v. n. = insult. Ps. xxxiv. 19 
Overmost, adj. = highest. Ps. ciii. 13 
Overnoon, sb. = midday. Ps. xxxvi. 6 „ 
Overqnatie, v. a. = overfill. O. and N. 

353. Halliwell gives ' Quatted ' = full, 

satiated. Probably from the ON. kvett, 

meat ; another form of kjot 
Oversee, v. a. = look over (lit.). O. and 

N. 30 
Overshun, v. a. = swallow up ? Ps. cxxiii. 

4 
Oversid. O. and N. 1436; either = over- 
sees, looks after, from AS. ofer-seon ; or 

= regards, takes charge of, from AS. 

ofer-sittan 
Oversore, adj. RG. 280 
Overspread, v. a. RG. 380 
Overstie, v. a. = go over, surpass. Rel. 

S. iii. 1 
Overswallow, v. a. [oure-swelyhe]. Ps. 

lxxviii. 16 
Overtake, v. a. HD. 1816. Ps. vi. 2 
Overthwart, adv. HD. 2822 
Overward, adv. RG. 531 
Overwerp, v. n. = lit. to throw over; 
60 



hence neut. to overflow, boil over. 

Wright's L. P. p. 83 
Overwin, v. a. Ps. cviii. 3 
Owe, v. a. = own or have. pres. ' owe.' 

RG. 432. pret. ' ow.' Pol. S. 204 
v. a. = owe a person a thing, pres. 

' on.' (s. q. if not ' ou.') RG. 311 

v. n. = he obliged ; have to do a 



thing, pres. ' oh.' Wright's L. P. p. 70. 

pi. 'ohen.' Rel. S. v. 2; pret. 'aute.' 

RG. 452 ; ' aate/ RG. 202 
Own, adj. [owe]. RG. 372, 437 ; [<we]. 

O. and N. 1648 ; [onne]. Wright's L. P. 

p. 104 
Ox, sb. 133 /3 . 
0$er, adj. = great, dreadful. O. and N. 

118. AS. oga 
O^yrt, = other. RG. 192 



P. 



Pace, sb. = step. RG. 387, 513 

Pack, sb. = bundle, burden. Ritson's 

AS. viii. 248 
Paddock, sb. = toad. Alys. 6126. ON. 

padda 
Pae, sb. = peacock. Ritson's AS. viii. 20. 

AS. pawa 
Page, sb. = a lackey. Pol S. 237. Pr. 

page. Vid. Roq. s. v. 
Pain, sb. = penalty. 481 B. RG. 377 
= anguish, [pyne]. Alys. 5059 ; 

[peyne]. Ibid. 5060 
Paint, v. a. part, 'vpeynt.' RG. 174 
Pair, sb. RG. 390 ■■■ 
Palace, sb. RG. 190 
Palfreiour, sb. = palfrey -keeper. Pol. S. 

237 
Palfrey, sb. RG. 490. Pr. palefroi. Lat. 

paraveredus 
Pall, sb. = coverlet. Alys. 7733. Body 

and Soul, 15. Lat. palla 
Pall, v. n. = grow pale. Rel. Ant. ii. 211 
Pallion, sb.— pall. 248 B. 
Palmer, sb. Alys. 4981 
Palter, = bough. Ps. lxxix. 12 ; s. q. 

if ' paltres ' be not = ' palm-trees.' Lat. 

palmites. See the V. L. 
Pan, sb. = dish. Alys. 4939. AS. panne 
Pan, sb. See Penny 
Pannier, sb. HD. 760 
Pans, sb. = furs. Alys. 1572. Fr. pane 
Pans, sb. = pence. See Penny 
Panter, sb. = panterer. RG. 187 ; [pan- 

trer]. RG. 438. Fr. panetier 
Panther, sb. Alys. 6352 
Pap, sb. = woman's teat. HD. 2132. Ps. 

xxi. 10. Ital. poppa. Lat. papilla 



PA 



PH 



Papejay, sb. = parrot. "Wright's L. P. 

p. 26. Pr. papegai 
Paradise, sb. Alys. 5685 ; [parays]. 353/3 
Parage, sb. = rank. Alys. 2953. Fr. 

parage 
Paramours, adv. = with love, tenderly. 

Wright's L. P. p. 91 
Parchment, sb. [parchemyn]. Pol. S. 

156. Fr. parcamin 
Pard, sb. = leopard. Alys. 6709 
Pardie, inter j. — by God. 2082 B. Pr. 

par Dieu 
Pardon, sb. 2458 B. 
Pare, v. a. Pilate, 234. Pr. parer 
Parish, sb. 1881 B. 
Park, sb. RG. 1. AS. pearroc. W. pare 
Parliament, sb. RG. 449 
Parred, part. = locked up. HD. 2439. 

ON. sperra 
Parson, sb. RG. 471, 496 
Part, sb. Pol. S. 193 

v. a. — separate. RG. 436 

Parting, sb. = departure. Alys. 2906 
Partner, sb. RG. 309 
Party, sb. = part. RG. 394, 400 
Parvenke, sb. = periwinkle. Wright's 

L. P. p. 26. Pol. S. 218. AS. per- 



= the flower, excellence of a 

thing. Ritson's AS. xvii. 42 

Pasken, v. n. = push, strike ? ■ ' to pasken 
in the watere,' St Andrew 8, seems to 
mean to beat the water by throwing in 
the net. Swed. piska. O. Engl. ' pash.' 
Cf. our phrase of 'whipping a stream.' 

Pass, v. a. = surpass. 1031 B. 

= pass over. RG. 436. Alys. 5580 

v. n. = go through, pass by. RG. 556 

b. 676 B. 



Passion, sb. = the suffering of our Sa- 
viour. RG. 495 

Pasty, sb. HD. 644. Cok. 52. Dut. 
pastei. Pr. pate 

Pate, sb. = head Pol. S. 237. Judas, 83 

Paten, sb. HD. 188. Lat. patina 

Path, sb. HD. 2390. O. and N. 380 

Patriarch, sb. RG. 479 

Patron, sb. RG. 470 

Paune, sb. = head. See Poune 

Pautener, sb. = rascal. Alys. 1737. Pr. 
pautonier. Ital. paltone. Vid. Roq. and 
Burguy, s. v. 

Paved, adj. Pol. S. 190 

Pavement, sb. RG. 476 

Pavilion, sb. [pavelon]. RG. 48, 569 ; 
[payloun], Alys. 5067 

v. a. = to lodge under tents. 

part. ' ypavy bunded. ' Alys. 2038. Pr. 



pavilion. Lat. papilio 



Pay, v. a. (money) ; pret. c payde.' RG. 

374,498. part, 'ipaiid.' Pol. S. 204 

v. a. = please, appease. RG. 314. 

. part. ' ypaid.' RG. 391 ; ' ipaised ' = 

restored to peace. RG. 570. Pr. paier. 

Lat. pacare 
Pay, sb. = peace. RG. 125. Pr. paix 
Payloun. See Pavilion 
Paynim, sb. — heathen, pagans. RG. 395 
Pays, = pitch, q. v. 
Pea. See Pese 
Peace, sb. RG. 491, 500 
Peaceful, adj. Ps. cxix 7 
Peacefully, adv. Ps. xxxiv. 20 
Peacock, sb. Alys. 5410 
Peak, sb. = The Peak of Derbyshire. RG. 

7 
Pear, sb. 1203 B. 
Peer, sb. = equal. RG. 17 
Peer, v. n. = look into. [pure]. K. Horn, 

1124; [pouren]. Alys. 5799 
Pelican, sb. Ps. ci. f 
Pell, sb. = fur, skin. Alys. 6697. Lat. 

pellis 
Pelle, v. n. = drive, go ? HD. 810. Lat. 

pello 
Pelure, sb. = a furred robe. Alys. 4129. 

Pr. pel 
Penance, sb. RG. 255 
Pencel, sb. = pennon, banner. Alys. 2688. 

Pr. pencel. Lat. penna 
Penny, sb. RG. 404, 493 ; [pan]. Pol. 

S. 204. pi. 'panes.' RG. 473 ; ' pans.' 

530/3 
Pepper, sb. Alys. 7032 
Perauntre, adv. = peradventure. RG. 

375 
Perch, sb. = the fish. Alys. 5446. Pr. 

perche. Lat. perca 
Perche, v. a. = prick, spur. Alys. 2460. 

Pr. percer 
Perforce, adv. Alys. 4577 
Peril, sb, RG. 452 
Pers, sb. = a cloth or stuff. Alys. 4987 ; 

usually of a blue colour. Pr. pers. 

Vid. Roq. 
Pervink. See Parvenke 
Pese, sb. = a pea. Alys. 5959. AS. pise 
Pesens, sb. = neck-armour covering the 

breast. Alys. 3697; same as 'pesane' 

in the later Romances. Pr. pis, piz, the 

Pett, sb. = pit. Alys. 5764 

Pett, for pight ? = made. Alys. 7495 

Peys, = pitch, q. v. 

Phantom, sb. = vanity. Ps. iv. 3. Pr. 

fantosme 
Philosophy, sb. RG. 130 
Physic, sb. RG. 151 

61 



ph 



PO 



Physician, sb. RG. 68 

Pick, v. a. Pol. S. p. 150. part, 'pyc- 

chynde.' Wright's L. P. p. 110 
Piece, sb. = a portion, bit. RG. 555. St 

Kath. 229 

= a man. RG. 355 

Piecemeal, adv. RG. 278 
Pierce, v. a. RG. 437 
Piete, sb. = pity. Pol. S. 213 
Pike, sb. = sharp stake. RG. 51 

v. a. = pierce. RG. 51 

Pile, sb. = hair. Body and Soul, 38 
Pilgrim, sb. 2360 B. 
Pilgrimage, sb. 5 B. 
Pilkoc, sb. = the penis. Rel. Ant. ii. 211 
Pill, v. a. = rob. Pol. S. 150. Pr. piller 
Pillar, sb. Alys. 6242. Pr^pilier. Lat. pila 
Pillory, sb. Rel. Ant. ii. p. 176 
Piment, sb.= a kind of wine. HD. 1728. 

Alys. 4178. See the recipe for making 

it in Halliwell, s. v. 
£in, sb. = pinnacle. Cok. 57 
— — = pin (in the modern sense). Alys. 

6146 
Pinch, v. n, Rel. Ant. ii. p. 176 
Pine, sb. = pain. RG 326 
v. a. = make to pine. Ps. xxxvi. 

28. part, 'ypyned.' RG. 449 
Pink, v. n. = prick or stab. Pol. S. 156. 

AS. pyngan 
Pinnuc, sb. = hedge-sparrow. O. and N. 

1128. See Wright's "Vocabularies, p. 

177, where ' lirifa ' is translated ' pynok ' 
Pinse, v. a. = pinch, torture, part. 

' ipinsed.' Pall and P. 89. Dut. pinssen. 

Pr. pincer 
Pipe, sb. = musical instrument. Alys. 

7769. AS. pip 

v. n. Alys. 1042. Pol S. 216 

Pirate, sb. = a kind of ship. Alys. 6182 
Pircle, v, n. = slobber at the mouth. Rel. 

Ant. ii. 211 
Pirope, sb. = a precious stone. Alys. 

5682. Gr. 7rvpio7r6g 

Piss, v. n. Rel. Ant. ii. 211 

Pit, sb. RG. 409, 540; [pett]. Alys. 5764 

Pitch, sb. RG. 410; [peys]. Alys. 1620 ; 

[pays]. Alys. 1630 
v. a. = smear with pitch. HD. 

707. part, 'ipiched' 94/3 
Pitch, v. a. = fix. pret. ' pight.' RG. 

51, 29. part. ' ypbt.' RG. 48 
Piteous, adj. RG. 491, 548 
Piteously, adv. RG. 449, 508 
Pitfall, sb. Pol. S. 193 
Pith, sb. [pidj. Body and Soul, 38. AS. 

piSa 
Pity, sb. = pitiful state. Alys. 7269. RG. 

532, 537 
62 



Place, sb. RG. 6, 14, 397 
Plaice, sb. = the fish. HD. 896 
Plaid, Plait, sb. = pleading. O. and N. 

1735, 5 
Plain, sb. RG. 7 
Plain, v. n. = complain. RG. 533 
Plaining, sb. RG. 473 
Plaint, sb. Alys. 7488. HD. 2961 
Planet, sb. RG. 112 
Plant, v. a. Ps. lxxix. 10 
Plaster, sb. = remedy, ' plaster of pe- 
nance.' Wright's L. P. p. 89 
Plate, adj. = flat. Alys. 2001. Pr. plat. 

Germ, platt 
Plate, sb. = a piece of silver. Rel. Ant. 

i. 144. Span, plata 
Plattinde, part. = journeying. See 

Plette and Strike 
Play, sb.- RG. 272; [pie]. RG. 266; 

[plawe]. RG. 291. AS. plega 
v. n. [plawe]. Wright's L. P. p. 45 ; 

pret. 'pleide.' RG. 507 
■ v. a. — ' to play hands ' = elap hands. 

Ps. xcvii. 8 
Playing, sb. Wright's L. P. p. 88 
Plea, sb. RG 471, 473 
Plead, v. n. Pol. S. 159 
Pleading, sb. RG. 471, 473 
Plenar, adj. = full. 1537 B. 
Plenarly, adv. 1538 B. 
Plenteous, adj. RG. 23 
Plenty, sb. RG. 1 
Plette, v a. = strike. HD. 2444 ; pret. 

'plat.' HD. 2755; 'plette.' HD. 2626. 

part, 'plattinde' = journeying. HD. 

2282. Compare the double sense of 

' strike,' q. v. AS. pleettian 
Plight, v. a. = pluck, pull. Alys. 5831, 

5859 
Plight, sb. — harm, danger. HD. 1370, 

2002. AS. pliht 

= condition. Body and Soul, 184 

Plight, v. a. = pledge. RG. 357; part. 

'yply^t.' RG. 388. AS. plihtan 
Plot, sb. (of ground). RG. 536. Fr. 

plat 
Plough, sb. [ploth], Rel. Ant. i. p. 111. 

ON. pldgr 
Ploughfere, sb. Wright's L. P. p. 49 
Ploughland, sb. RG. 374 
Ploughstave, sb. RG. 99 
Plump, v. n. = fall heavily. Alys. 5776. 

Dan. plumpe 
Po, sb. = peacock. Pol. S. 159. AS. pawa 
Point, sb. = sharp end. RG. 395 

= opportunity. Pilate, 17 

— = particular. St Andrew, 36 

Phrases — ' upon the point to smite.' RG. 
543 



PO 



PR 



c in such point * = in such 
case. RG. 391 
Pointed, adj. [yponyted]. RG. 310 
Poison, sb. RG. 122, 151 

v. a. Alys. 600 

Poke, sb. = bag, pouch. HD. 555. AS. 

pocca 
Poke, v. n. = stoop in walking. Rel. 

Ant. ii. 211 
Polk, sb. = pool. HD. 2685, the Norfolk 

'pulk' 
Polk, v. a. — put. Pol. S. 157 
Poll, sb. = head. Pol. S. 237. Dut. bol, 

whence our ' bolster.' Germ, polster 
Polled, sb. = shaven. Alys. 216 
Pomon, sb. = lungs, Alys. 4374. Pr. 

poumon. Lat pulmo 
Pomple, v. n. stumble. Rel. Ant. ii. 

211. ON. pompa 
Pool, sb. RG. 131. AS. pol 
Poor, adj. [povere]. RG. 376; comp. 

'poverore.' RG. 370 
Poorly, adv. [pourelike]. HD. 323 
Pope, sb. RG. 502 
Porch, sb. Ps. xcix. 4. Lat. porticus 
Pore, v. n. See Peer 
Port, sb. — gate. RG. 51 
Porter, sb. RG. 539, 544 
Portere ? sb. deportment. St Swithin, 25. 

Pr. portee 
Portereve, sb. = 'head magistrate of a 

town.' Hall. RG. 541 
Portray, v. a. Alys. 1520 
Posse, v. n. = push, drive, K. Horn, 1041 
Postern, sb. RG. 19. Alys. 4593 
Pot, sb. Ps. xxi. 16. ON. pottr 
Pot, v. n. = go, tramp. Pol. S. 71. AS. 

pseftan 
Potion, sb. Alys. 3509 
Pottage, sb. RG. 404 
Potter, sb. Rel. Ant. ii. p. 176 
Pottle, sb. Rel. Ant. ii. p. 176 
Poudre, sb. = dust. Alys. 2180 
Pound, sb. (of money). RG. 59, 383 
Poune, sb. = the head. Alys. 2770. 

' paunes.' Ibid. 2800. Another form is 

'pan.' W. pen 
Pouraille, sb. = the poor. Pol. S. 223. 

Alys. 1229 
Pouren, see Peer, vb. 
Pouste, sb. = power. Alys. 7879 
Pout, v.% Rel. Ant. ii. 211 
Poveral, sb. = poor persons. RG, 254 
Powder, sb. = dust. RG. 345 
Powdered, adj. [pudrid]. Cok. 108 
Powe, v. n. = be poor ? RG. 313 
Power, sb. RG. 370, 371 
Praer, sb.'= meadow. Cok. 69. Cf. Pr. 

praiau — prairie 



Praise, v. a. RG. 57. 1362 B. 
Prangle, v. a. = compress. HD. 639. 

Dut. prangen 
Prasiune, sb. = chrysoprase. Cok. 89. 

Gr. irpaaoQ, a leek 
Pray, sb. = crowd, press. Alys. 1991, 

2595 
Pray, v. a. Wright's L. P. p. 58 
v. n. [prye]. Pol. S. 222 



Prayer, sb. 1089 B. 
Preach, v. a. RG. 392 

= exhort. Alys. 2042 

Preacher, sb. RG. 392, 492 

Preaching, sb. RG. 173 

Precious, adj. 42 /3 

Predication, sb. 1969 B. 

Preit, v. a. = pray, beseech. Marg. 1. 

Pr. prier 
Prejudice, sb. 1735 B. 
Prelate, sb. RG. 472 
Preone, v. a. = sew up. Rel. S. v. 68. 

AS. preon, a needle. ON. priona, to sew 
Preovest, adj. = proofest, most approved. 

Alys. 6891 
Presence, sb. = bearing, dignity, [pre- 

sauns]. RG. 485 
Present, sb. = gift. RG. 485 
v. a. = give. Wright's L. P. p. 



= introduce a person to another. 

part. ' ipresented.' 231 B. 
Press, sb. — throng. 2469 B. 

v. a. part, * ypreost.' Alys. 2342 

Prest, adj. = ready. RG. 485. Ital. 

presto 
Prey, **. RG. 15, 376 
Price, sb. 150 B. ; * to have the price ' = 

to be highly esteemed. Pol. S. 153 
Prick, v. n. hasten. RG. 459 
v. a. = spur, pierce (as a horse). 

RG. 553. AS. priccian 
= adorn. Body and Soul, 12. 

ON. pryda, to adorn 
Pricker, sb. =m rider. Pol. S. 150 
Pride, sb. RG. 376. AS. pryt 
Priest, sb. 364 B. : [prostl. O. and N. 

733 
Priesthood, sb. 1032 B. 
Priestless, adj. RG. 544 
Prime, sb. = the first hour of prayer, or 

6 a. m. 219 B. Ritson's AS. viii. 196 
Primer ole, sb. = primrose. Wright's 

L. P. p. 26 
Prince, sb. RG. 367, 402. In Alys. 

4727 Weber suggests that ' prynces ' 

is a mistake for ' traitors,' but may it 

not be another form of 'prenches' = 

stratagems, tricks ? see * at-prenche,' 

supra 

63 



PR 



QTJ 



Principal, adj. RG. 446 

Prior, sb. = head of a priory. 2462 B. 

Priory, sb. RG. 369, 370 

Pris, sb. = a note of a horn blown on the 
death of the deer. Body and Sonl, 214. 
Fr. pris, from prendre 

Prison, sb. RG. 376 

— s = prisoner. RG. 550 

Privilege, sb. Pol. S. 157 

Privily, adv. RG. 518. Alys. 3765 

Privity, sb. RG. 468 

Privy, adj. RG. 435 

Procession, sb. (of friars). RG. 405, 
530 

Procurator, sb. 352/3 

Procure, v. a. RG. 551 

Professe, sb. = a professed person. 
RG. 434 

Profession, sb. = a professing. 1407 B. 

Proffer, v. a. Alys. 3539 

Proper, adj. = suitable, fit. 934 B. 

Prophecy, sb. RG. 132 

Prophet, sb. RG. 38 

Prou, sb. = advantage. Ritson's AS. 
viii. 88. Fr. prod 

Proud, adj. RG. 377, 465 

Proudly, adv. Alys. 3413 

Prove, v. n. = turn out, result. 2400 B. 

— v. a. = try ; part. ' yproved.' RG. 

-457 

= confirm, prove. Ritson's AS. 

xviii. 30 

Provender, sb. Pol. S. 239 

Prow, sb. = prowess. RG. 65 

Prowess, sb. RG. 462, 453 

Psalm, sb. Ps. lxv. 4 

v. n. = sing psalms. Ps. vii. 18 

Psaltery, sb. Ps. xxxii. 2 

Pudding, sb. Cok. 57. Dan. budding. 
Fr. boudin 

Puff, v. n. [pofte], Rel. Ant. ii. 211 

Pulte, v. a. = push. RG. 376; put. 
RG. 459. 1316 B. 

Pulting, sb. = pushing. ^IG. 212 

Punge, sb. = purse. Alys. 1728. AS. 
pung. ON. pung, our Engl. ' bung ' 

Puppet, sb. = small figure. Alys. 77 

Purblind, adj. RG. 376, written divi- 
sim = entirely blind; not as in the 
modern sense = one whose sight is im- 
paired. Probably therefore from ( pure ' 
= entire, and blind. Cf. * purewhite.' 
RG. 8. In Wiclif, Ex. xxi. 26, it means, 
1 blind of one eye,' and is still written 
divisim; the later version gives 'oon 
i^ed' 

Purchase, v. a. = procure. RG. 472, 
499 ; to procure food. Alys. 5197. Fr. 
pourchacer. Ital. procacciare 
64 



Purchase, sb. RG. 381, 516 

Pure, adj. = entire, complete. RG. 546 

= rightful, legitimate. RG. 106 

adv. = entirely, very. RG. 397 

Purely, adv. = entirely, completely. RG. 

66, 173 
Purewhite, adj. RG. 8 
Purgatory, sb. 622 (3 
Purge, v. a. 371 B. 
Purpose, sb. RG. 558 
Purse, sb. Alys. 1798. AS. puse 
Pursue, v. a. 937 B. 
Purvey, v. a. RG. 289 ; part. ' ypurvey- 

ed.' Alys. 6212 
Purveyance, sb. RG. 533, 535 
Puste, vb. = pushed ? St Andrew, 70 
Put, v. a. = throw (a stone). HD. 1023, 

1044 

sb. ■=■ a cast or throw. HD. 1055 

v. a. place, lay before. Wright's L, 

P. p. 53. See Pulte. Dan. putte 
Putting, sb. — throwing. HD. 1042 
Pykeys, sb. = pick-axe. Manuel d. Pec- 

ches, 940 
Pyne, sb. = pain, q. v. 

v. a. = trouble. Alys. 5914 

Pypyn, sb. = windpipe. Alys. 3256 



a. 



auaint, adj. RG. 408, 412, 566 ; 

[koweynte]. Body and Soul, 10. Fr. 

coint 
Quaintance, sb. = acquaintance. Alys. 

6173 
duaintise, sb. = device. RG. 19 
auaintly, adv. RG. 28 
Quaker. n . RG. 132, 336; pret. e qwoke/ 

Ps. xiii. 5 
Quaking, sb. = fear. RG. 336. Ps. ii. 

11 
dual, = whale, q. v. 
Qualm, sb. = destruction. RG. 378. AS. 

cwealm 

v. a. = annoy. Ps. xxxvi. 14 

Quarrel, sb. = arrow. RG. 491, 537. 

Fr. quarel 
Quarry, adj. = square. RG. 412. Fr. 

carre* 
Quarry, sb. ='a place whence stone is ex- 
cavated. RG. 412. Fr. carriere 
Quart, sb. = a measure. Rel. Ant. ii. 

p. 176 
Quarter, sb. (of a man's body). Pol. S. 

213 
Quash, v. a. [cwesse]. O. and N. 1386. 

Fr. quasser. AS. cwysan 
Queche, v. n. = make a disturbance. 



QU 



RA 



Alys. 4747. See the Prompt. Parv. s. v. 
Qvycchyn. AS. cwecian 
Clued, adj. = wicked. Alys. 5619. Dut. 
kwaad 

sb. = the devil. RG. 314. Eel. S. 

v. 225 

■ = evil. Alys. 4237. Body and Soul, 

243 
Quede, sb. = bequest. Alys. 8020 
Quednes, sb. = wickedness. Ps. c. 7 
aueen, sb. RG. 368 
Quell, v. a. RG. 38, 499. AS. cwellan 
aueller, sb. St Kath. 247 
Quelling, sb. = destruction. RG. 296 
Queme, adj. = agreeable. HD. 130. AS. 
cweman 

v. a. = please. Wright's L. P. p. 

25. 0. and N. 209 
v. n. [icweme] = be pleased, sa- 
tisfied. K. Horn, 497 
Queming, sb. = pleasure. Ps. cxlvi. 

10 
Quenching, sb. Pragm. Sci. 164. 
Qnerigjf sb. = a mill. Pilate, 5. AS. 

cweorn 
Quert, adj. = joyful. Ps. vii. 11. Pr. 
cceur, queor. Cf. our own 'hearty' 
and ' in good heart ' 

sb. = joy. Ps. lxiii. 11 ; lxxxviii. 

27 
Quethe, v. n. = speak, say. [iquethe]. 
O. and N. 502. 3 s. pres. ' quath.' RG. 
435; part, 'icwede.' O. and N. 1651. 
AS. cweSan 
Quibibe, sb. = cubeb. Wright's L. P. 

p. 27. Alys. 6796 
Quick, adj. = swift. RG. 369, 387. AS. 
cwic 

= alive. RG. 289 

Quicken, v. a. Ps. lxxxiv. 7 

Quickly, adv. RG. 383 

Quide, sb. = a saying. 0. and N. 685. 

AS. cwide 
Quilt, sb. [cowlte]. Body and Soul, 

Quinre, sb. = an unknown animal. Alys. 

5609 
Quire, sb. (of a church). RG. 534 
Quiste, sb. = bequest. HD. 219 
Quistron, sb. = scullion. Alys. 2511. 

Pr. questron, quistoun 
Quit, adj. = free from, released. RG. 

392, 522 

v. a. = leave. Rel. S. vii. 75 

Quite, v. a. = pay, requite. Pol. S. 

71 
Quithe, v. a. = promise, grant ? Marg. 

72. AS. cweSan ? 
Quiture, sb. = care, release. RG. 435 



P- 



R. 



Rabbe, sb. = turnip. Alys. 4983. Dut 

raap. 
Race, sb. = course. Wright's L 

100. AS. ra3s 
= speed, hence a short time [res]. 

Pol. S. 200; [ras]. Alys. 7830 
Rache, sb. = hound, brach. Body and 

Soul, 214. AS. rsecc 
Rack, sb. = torture. Body and Soul, 66. 

Swed. racka, to stretch 
Rade, adj. = ready. O. and N. 423; 

[rath]. HD. 75. AS. rad 
Radely, adv. = readily, swiftly. Ps. vi. 

Radness, sb. = terror, horror. Ps. liv. 
5. AS. hreS 

Rag, sb. Pol. S. 150. AS. hrac ? im- 
plied in 'hracod* 

Rage, sb. = haste ? Alys. 980 ; rashness. 
Alys. 4336 

Body and Soul, 185. AS. 



Ragged, 
hracod 

Ragged, 
4471 

Rail, v. 



h = raged, raging. Alys. 



a. = put on as a garment. 
Wright's L. P. p. 43. AS. hrsegl. 

Rain, sb. RG. 416, 560 

v. n. [ryne]. Pr. Sci. 212. Alys. 

6450 

v. a. Ps. lxxvii. 27 

Rainbow, sb. Signa ante Jud. 170 

Raise, v. a. Wright's L. P. p. 100. Ps. 
cxii. 7 

Rake, v. n. = depart, go away from. Rel. 
Ant. ii. p. 193. ON. reka 

Rake, v. n. = hawk, spit. Rel. Ant. ii. 
p. 211. AS. hracan 

Rake, sb. = the common instrument so 
called. Rel. S. v. 214. AS. race 

Raisin, sb. Alys. 5193 

Raketyne, sb. = chain. RG. 142. AS. 
raccenta 

Ram, sb. = the animal. Alys. 388 

Randon, sb. = haste, eagerness. Alys. 
2484; 'into randon.' Cok. 130. AS. 
randun. Probably from the ON. rond. 
Germ, rant, the border or edge of a 
thing. In Provencal we have the phrase 
' a randa,' on the edge or border, hence 
close or pressing. Prom this comes the 
. Pr. verb, ' randir,' to approach, rush to- 
wards a thing, and 'randon,' lit. rushing, 
and generally 'haste, violence.' See 
Burguy's Grammaire, vol. ii. p. 323, 
whence the above is derived 

Rank, adj. Ps. lxxvii. 44. AS. ranc 

65 



RA 



BE 



Ransack, v. a. Ps. vii. 10 ; lxiii. 7. ON. 

ransaka 
Ransacking, sb. Ps. lxiii. 7 
Ransom, sb. RG. 374, 433. Fr. rancon 
Rap, sb. == blow ? Body and Soul, 66. 

Sw. rapp 
Rape, sb. = haste. K. Horn, 566 ; [rap]. 

Rel. Ant. i. 115. ON. rapa, cursitare 
Rath, adj. soon, early. HD. 2391. Pol. 

S. 195. comp. * rather ' = sooner. O. 

and N. 1240; former. RG. 285. AS. 

hr8e<5 
Rather, adv. RG. 459, 397 
Raught. See Reek 

Raven, sb. Pragm. Sci. 63. AS. hrsefen 
Ravish, v. a. = rob, despoil a person of. 

RG. 194. Pr. ravir 
Raw, adj Pol. S. 237. AS. hreaw 
Ray, sb. — striped cloth. Rel. Ant. ii. 

p. 192 
Rayme, v. n. = rule, lord it. Pol. S. 150 
Razor, sb. Ps. Ii. 4 
Reach, v. a. — tell. O. and N. 1447 ; 

part. ' rant.' Wright's L. P. p. 42. AS. 

recan 
Reach, v. a. = hold out to a person, as 

we say, ' to reach one a thing.' Pol. S. 

157. AS. rsecan 
Read, v. a. HD. 2327. AS. rsedan 
Reader, sb. 1068 B. 
Readily, adv. 0. and N. 1279 
Ready, adj. [iredi]. 766 B. 
Realm, sb. 948 B. 
Reap, v. a. Pol. S. 152 
Rear, v. a. = raise up. RG. 369 ; part. 

' yrerd/ RG. 214 
Rearmain, sb. = a backhanded blow. 

Alys. 7395 
Rearward, sb. = the rear. Alys. 7787 
Reason, sb. RG. 459 
Reave, v. a. = carry away, despoil of. 

HD. 2590 ; pret. ' rafte.' Wright's L. P. 

p. 31. 'rewede.' RG. 171. AS. reafian 
Rebel, adj. RG. 72 
Recet, sb. = place of refuge. RG. 98, 

406 ; [resset]. Alys. 603 
v.-u. = receive into a refuge. RG. 

214 
Reck, v. n. — care. O. and N. 533, 3 s. 

pres. 'Tenth.' O. and N. 1401, pret. 

'ra^te.' RG. 390 ; ' ro^te.' RG. 216. 

AS. recan 
Reckless, adj. RG. 287 
Reckon, v. a. Wright's L. P. p. 68. 

AS. recnan 
Reckoning, sb. = account. Sermon 23 
Red, adj. RG. 383. AS. read 
v. n. = become red. Wright's L. P. 

p. 34 

66 



Red, sb. = counsel. RG. 556, 566; 

[rade]. Alys. 6165. AS. red 
Rede, v. a. = counsel. RG. 98, 214. 

AS. rsedan 
Redless, adj. = without counsel. O. and 

N. 691 
Reed, sb. RG. 540. Alys. 5064 ; [reod]. 

Alys. 6433 
Reedpipe, sb. = pen. Ps. xliv. 2 
Reek, sb. = smoke. Ps. xvii. 9. AS. 

reac 

v. n. = to smoke. Ps. cxliii. 5 

Reeve, sb. See Reve 

Refuse, v. a. Ritson's AS. xvii. v. 122 

Rehearse, v. a. = tell. Alys. 1664 

Reign, v. n. RG. 29 

Reinable, adj. = reasonable. RG. 414. 

Pr. raisnable. 
Reioshe, v. a. = enjoy ? Manuel d. Pec- 

ches, 2036. Pr. rejoyer 
Rekles, sb. = incense. Ps. cxl. 2. AS. 

recels 
Reken, adj. = wise, prudent, excellent. 

Wright's L. P. p. 27. Ritson's AS. viii. 

156. AS. recan, to order or direct ; part. 

' recen ' 
Reken, adv. — quickly. 2103 B. AS. 

recene 
Release, v. a. RG. 500 
Relics, sb. = remains. Ps. xxxvi. 37 ; 

in the ecclesiastical sense, as the ' relics 

of saints.' RG. 177, 255 
Relieve, v. a. Ritson's AS. xviii. 38 
Rem, sb. = cream. Marg. 32. AS. ream. 

Germ, rahm 
Rem, sb. = sorrow, injury. O. and N. 

1214. Cf. AS. reomig, sad 
Reme, v. n. = call out, cry. Rel. S. iv. 

22. AS. hreman. Another form of 

1 scream ' 
Reme, v. a. = leave, evacuate. K. Horn, 

1312. AS. rtimian 
= make room, clear a passage. 

Alys. 3347. AS. ryman 
Remnant, sb. Alys. 5707 
Remove, v. a. RG. 533; part, 'ire- 
mewed.' RG. 550 

v.n. Alys. 7238 

Removing, sb. Alys. 7821 

Rent, sb. RG. 370. Pr. rente. Lat. 

reditus 
Rent, sb. = stream, course. Cok. 83, 

AS. rent 
Repent, p. n. 101 (3. RG. 350 
Repentant, adj. RG. 291 
Reprove, v a. Ritson's AS. xviii. 46 
Respite, sb. 637 B. Pr. respit. Lat. 

respectare 
Response, sb. 825 B. 



RE 



RO 



Resset. See Recet 
Rest, sb. 1130 B. 

v. a. Wright's L. P. p. 52 

Resting, sb. Wright's L. P. p. 29. Alys. 

2807 
Restore, v. a. RG. 319, 500 
Resurrection, sb. 363 (3 
Rette, v. a. = impute, reckon. Alys. 7247. 
j ON. retta 
Reume, v. a. = speak. Alys. 4237. See 

Heme, vb. 
Reure, sb. = a robber, reaver. HD. 2104 
Reve, v. n. = swear ? K. Horn. 1368. 

ON. rifja, recitare ? 
Reve, sb. = sheriff or reeve. HD. 1627. 

M. Ode, st. 129. AS. gerefa 
Reve, sb. = depredation, spoiling. O. and 

N. 458. AS. reaf 
Rever, sb. = robber. AS. reafere 
Reverence, sb. 115 B. Alys. 793 
Re very e, sb. = robbery. RG. 193 
Revest, v. a. = put on. RG. 537 ; part. 

1 irevested.' St Swithin, 139 
Reving, sb. = robbery. Ps. xvi. 12. M. 

Ode, st. 128 
Rewe, sb. = streak. 2218 B. Probably 

the same as ' row ' 
■ v. n. = show a streak ? * Ere the 

dai rewe: Pol. S. 239 
Reynes, sb. = realms. Wright's L. P. p. 

31 
Re$el, sb. = dress. O. and N. 562. AS. 

hrsegl. Cf. 0. Eng. ' night -rail,' for a 

night-dress 
Rhinoceros, [rinocertis]. Alys. 6529 
Rhyme, sb. HD. 21 
Rib, sb. RG. 22 

Ribald, sb. Pol. S. 155, 237. Er. ribald; 
t from OHG. hrupa, a prostitute. See 

Burguy on this word 
Ribaldry, sb. [ribaudye] = a ribald 

story. Alys. 21 
Rich, adj. RG. 377 ; [ruche]. RG. 13 
Riche, sb. = kingdom. Wright's L. P. 

p. 94. 0. and N. 357 
Richesse, sb. RG. 433 
Richly, adv. RG. 377 
Ride, v. n. RG. 463 ; pret. f rode.' RG. 

375 ; part. < riding.' RG. 377 
Rife, adj. = frequent. RG. 4, 252 ; comp. 

'rifer.' RG. 260. AS. ryf 
Right, sb. = redress for an injury. RG. 

374 
= in plur. f rights,' ' to maintain 

their rights. 5 171 B. 
Right, adj. = dexter. Wright's L. P. p. 

25 
= good, excellent. Wright's L. P. 

p. 25 



Right, adv. = just, exactly. RG. 8 

= rightly. Wright's L. P. p. 30 

v. a. = to set right. Ps. xvii. 36 

Righteous, adj. [ryhtwisel. Wright's 

L. P. p. 25 
Righteousness, sb. Ps. iv. 2 
Rightful, adj. RG. 501 ; comp. ' right- 
fuller.' RG. 266 
Rightfulness, sb. Wright's L. P. p. 53 
Righting, sb. = a setting right. Ps. 

xcvi. 2 
Rightness, sb. 1629 B. 
Rightwished, sb. Ps. xviii. 10 
Rimefrost, [ren-forst]. sb. Er. Sci. 232. 

AS. hrim 
Rind, sb. Alys. 6187. AS. rind 
Rine, sb. = a course, hence a course of 

years, life ; ' for to rine ' = for ever ? 

Ps. xliv. 11. AS. ryne 
Ring, v. a. RG. 509 
v. n. = resound, Wright's L. P. p. 

43 
Ring, sb. RG. 489 
Ringing, sb. St Swithin, 45 
Ripe, adj. = applied to young birds, RG. 

177. AS. rip, harvest, adj. ripe 
Ripeness, sb. = the ripeness of the day, 

i. e. full day. Ps. cxviii. 147 
Rippe, sb. = a fish-basket. HD. 893. 

ON. hrip 
Ris, sb. = a branch. Wright's L. P. pp. 

26, 30. Pol. S. 149. Dan. riis 
Rise, v. n. = arise. Pol. S. 149 
v.a. = raise. 1082 B. 



Ritte, v. a. = rip. HD. 2495. ON. rista 
Rivage, sb. = river bank. Alys. 6079 
Rive, v. n. = arrive. RG. 14,' 16 
Rive, v. a. = split, snap. Rel. S. i. 14 
Rive, sb. = bank. Alys. 4090 
Rivel, v. n. = become wrinkled. Rel. 

Ant. ii. 211 
River, sb. RG. 1 
Rivering, sb. = hawking by a river's side. 

Alys. 678 
Rixe, v. a. = rule. Moral Ode, st. 190. 

AS. ricsian 
Ro, sb.=z rest. Wright's L. P. p. 37; 

[roo]. Ibid. p. 32. AS. row. ON. rd 
Road, sb. Body and Soul, 209 ; [rude]. 

Wright's L. P. p. 32. AS. rad 
Roam, v. a. HD. 64 

-v. n. = dwell. Alys. 7207, 7625. 



The older and newer senses of this word 
- are analogous to the double meaning of 

the Lat. ' versor ' 
Roar, v. n. HD. 2438 ; part. ( rorand.' 

Ps. xxi. 14 
Roast, v. a. RG. 207 ; part. c yrosted.' 

RG. 244 

67 



RO 



RY 



Rob, v. a. RG. 377, 385 

Robber, sb. RG. 389 

Robbery, sb. RG. 16, 550 

Robe, sb. RG. 180 

Roclier, sb. = rocks, rocky place. Alys. 

7090 
Rock, sb. RG. 22. Fr. roclie, connected 

with c crag/ and W. rhwg 
Rode, sb. = complexion. Wright's L. P. 

p. 30; [rody]. Alvs. 164 ; [rude]. O. 

and N. 443. ON. rodi 
Roe, sb. = the animal. Wright's L. P. p. 

29. AS. ra 
Roil, v. a. = rove about. Rel. Ant. ii. 

175. ON. hrolla 
Rokke, v. a. = drive. RG. 98. ON. reka 
Roll, sb. (of parchment). Pol. S. 157 
Romance, sb. RG. 487 
Rome, v. n. = roar. Ps. ciii. 21. AS. 

hreman 
Rone, v. a. = comfort. Ps. lxx. 21 ; cxviii. 

76, 82; part, 'roned.' Ps. lxxvi. 3. 

Perhaps from ON. runi, amicus, collo- 

quiorum socius 
Roning, sb. = comfort. Ps. xciii. 19 
Rood, sb. = cross. RG. 532. AS. rod 
Roof, sb. RG. 404, 416 ; [rove]. Alys. 

513. AS. hrdf 
Rook, sb. O. and N. 1128. AS. roc' 
Rooles, adj. = restless. Wright's L. P. 

p. 42 
Room, v. a. = clear (a way). RG. 536. 

AS. ryman. See Reme 
Room, adj. = empty. RG. 303 
. = broad, spacious. O. and N. 643. 

Ps. ciii. 25 
Roomhouse, sb. = privy. 0. and N. 

592 
Roomlyke, adv. = abundantly. Ps. xxx. 

24 
Root, sb. RG. 404 
Rope, sb. RG. 448, 509; 'in his rope' = 

in his noose, or power. Alys. 6298. 

AS. rsep 
Rorde, sb. = voice. 0. and N. 311. AS. 

reord 
Rose, sb. RG. 331 
Roser, sb. = rosebush. HD. 2919 
Rot, v. n. RG. 411. AS. rotian 
Roter, sb. = rooter, eradicator. RG. 297 
Rothe, v. a. = rathe or advise. HD. 2817 
Rother, sb. = cattle. RG. 52. Pol. S. 

220. AS. hrySer 
Rotle, v. b. = rustle, q. v. 
Rotted, adj. = rotten. Pol S. 152 
Rotten, adj. Body and Soul, 37 
Rough, adj. comp. 'rughher.' Alys. 5956 
Roun, sb. = a song ; [ron]. Wright's 

L. P. p. 43 
C8 



Roun, v. n. = whisper, round. 1200 B. 

AS. runian 
Round, adj. Fr. Sci. 121. Alys. 594 
Rout, sb. — company. RG. 371, 428, 546 
Rout, v. a. = disturb, confound. Serm. 30 
Route, v. n. — roar. HD. 1911. Pr. 

router. ON. rauta 
Rovertid, part. = recovered from, i. e. 

left off (crying). Alys. 7895 
Row, sb. = array, order. Wright's L. P. 

pp. 25, 35. AS. rawa. See Rewe 
Row, v. n. pret. 'rewe.' 1159 B. 
Rowe, adj. — rough. RG. 25, 507 ; 

[ru^e]. 0. and N. 104 
Roxle, v. n. = grunt. Rel. Ant. ii. 211. 

Dut. rotelen 
Ruby, sb. Wright's L. P. p. 25 
Rudder, sb. [rother]. K. Horn, 194. 

AS. rd<5er 
Rude. See Road 
Rue, v. a. = pity. Wright's L. P. p. 29 

v. n. = have compassion on. RG. 449 

Rue, v. n. = grieve for, repent of ; f that 

was to rewe sore.' RG. 493. AS. redwan 
sb. = pitv. 1051 B; [reowe]. O. 

and N. 1443" 
Rueful, adj. = sad. RG. 327 
Ruely, adj. = sad. Body and Soul, 171 

adv. = ruefully. RG. 126, 263 

Rueness, sb. = compassion. HD. 2227 
Ruer, sb. = a compassionate person. Ps. 

lxxxv. 15 
Rugge, sb. = back. RG. 525, 460. AS. 

hrycg 
Rule, sb. = regulation. St Dunstan, 46 
Ruls, adj. = overripe, said of corn. Pol. 

S. 152. See Halliwell, s. v. Rule. ON. 

rusill, qui effundit — rusla, prodigere 
Run, v. n. pret. ' ronne.' Wright's L. P. 

p. 68; part, 'rennyng' (of water). RG. 

80. See Urne 
Runci, sb. = & nag. HD. 2569. Pr. 

roncin 
Rundel, sb. = circle. Pragm. Sci. 62 
Rune, sb. = conversation. O. and N. 

1154. AS. run 
Rure, sb. = full. 0. and N. 1152. AS. 

hryre 
Russin, sb. = meal between dinner and 

supper. Cok. 20. ON. niss, temulentia 
Rustle, v. n. [rotle]. Alys. 930. ON. 

rosta, a tumult 
Ruwet, sb. = bugle-horn. Alys. 3699. 

Pr. ruet, rouette. Lat. rota. See 

Wright's Vocab. p. 104, where 'litui' 

is translated by ' ruez.' The name is de- 
rived from the circular flexures of the 

instrument 
Rye, sb. [ru^e]. Pol. S. 152. AS. rige 



RY 



SO 



Ryme, v. a.= cry out, tell ; Ritson's AS. 
viii. 99, 137. AS. hryman 



S. 



Sabeline, sb. = sable. M. Ode, st. 182 
Sack, sb. HD. 2019. AS. sacc 
Sacre, v. a. = consecrate. RG. 445, 522 
Sacred, adj. Alys. 6777 
Sacrificing', sb. Alys. 272 
Sacring, sb. = consecration. RG. 446 
Sad, adj. = sorrowful. Wright's L. P. p. 29 

= heavy. Alys. 5587. AS. saed 

Saddle, sb. RG. 401 

Safe, adj. Pol. S. 198; [saufe]. Creed 

of St Athan. 102 
Safely, adv. RG. 239 
Sage; adj. == wise. RG. 198. Pr. sage. 

Ital. saggio. Lat. sapiens 
Sage, sb. = a plant, the ' Salvia pratensis ' 

of botanists. Wright's L. P. p. 26. 

Pr. sauge 
Saht, adj. = reconciled. Wright's L. P. 

pp. 46, 47. AS. saht 



Sail, sb. RG. 47 

Saine, v. a. = bless. Ps. lxii. 5. AS. 

senian. Germ, segnen 
Saint, as an appellative, ' Seint Thomas.' 

1878 B. ' Seyn Poule.' RG. 378 
: sb. [sonte]. Wright's L. P. p. 96 ; 

[seynte]. Alys. 6763 
Sake, sb. = contention. 0. and N. 1158. 

AS. sacu 
Sake, sb. = matter, thing. Wright's L. P. 

p. 23. Dut. zaak 
= cause ; ' for thine sake.' Wright's 

L. P. p. 28 
Saken, v. a. = fight against, kill. Alys. 

1884. AS. sacan 
Sale, sb. = hall. Wright's L. P. p. 26. 

AS. sal 
Salmon, sb. Alys. 5446 
Salt, adj. RG. 1 
Saltmarsh, sb. Ps. cvi. 34 
Salve, sb. HD. 1835 
Samded, adj. = half dead. RG. 163. 

AS. sam, Lat. semi, with ' dead 
Sarnen, 

ON. saman 
v. a. = collect together ; pret. 

' samened.' Ps. xlvi. 10 ; part. ' samen- 

and.' Ps. xxxii. 7 ; ' samened.' HD. 

2890 
Samfayle, = without fail. RG. 405. Pr. 

sans faille 
Samyte, sb. = a kind of silk. Alys. 1027 ; 

a robe of silk. Alys. 2095. Pr. sami, 

samit 



>. = together. HD. 2251. 



Sand, sb. HD. 708 

Sanglic, adj. = fit for song. Ps. cxviii. 

54 
Sanne, sb. = sun ? Wright's L. P. p. 26 
Sans, prep. = without. Pol. S. 215. Pr. 

sans 
Sapphire, sb. Wright's L. P. p. 25 
Saturday. 807 B, 
Saturnight. RG. 557 
Sauf, adv. = save. q. v. 
Saufe. See Safe 
Sauhting, sb. = peace, reconciliation? 

Wright's L. P. p. 23 
Saut,^. = leap. RG. 564. Pr. sault, 

saillir 
Savage, adj. Alys. 2088. Pr. sauvage. 

Ital. selvaggio. Lat. silva 
Save, adv. [sauve, sauf]. 434, 435 B. 

v. a. RG. 449, 519, 550 

Savour, sb. Wright's L. P. p. 87 
Saw, sb. = saying, opinion. Wright's 

L. P. pp. 31, 47 ; [save]. O. and N. 

1036 
Sax, sb. = short sword. RG. 125. AS. 

seax 
Say, sb. = silk. RG. 390. Pr. saie. Lat. 

sagum 
Say, v. a. pres. ' segge. 5 RG. 501 ; plur. 

'segeth.' RG. 502; 'pret. f seyde.' RG. 

390; f sede.' RG. 418; part, 'ysaid.' 

RG. 11; 'ysed.' RG. 420 
Saygyng, sb. = omens as to land, air, &c. 

Alys. 61 
Saylyng, sb. = assailing. Alys. 7392, 

676 
Scab, sb. [shabbe]. Pol. S. 239. AS. 

sceabb 
Scabbard, [scaubert]. RG. 273. ON. 

skalpr. Dut. schabbe, Kil. Connected 

with 'sheath,' and the AS. scseS, scadan 
Scabbed, adj. HD. 2449 
Scald, v. a. Marg. 59. Ps. cxx. 6 
Scaldand, sb. = a torrent. Ps. cxxv. 4 ; 

cxxiii. 5. Probably formed in imitation 

of 'torrent,' from 'torreo,' and AS. 

' byrna,' a burn, or brook, from ' byrnan ' 
Scalding, adj. = hot. Ps. lxxxii. 10 
Scalp, sb. Ps. vii. 17. ON. skalpr, a 

sheath 
Scape, v. n. = escape. Pol. S. 152 
Scarce, adj. RG. 334. Pr. escars. Lat. 

excarpere 
Scarcely, adv. = in small quantities. 

• Alys. 1012 
Scarcity, sb. Alys. 5495 
Scarlet, sb. Alys. 6376 
Scathe, sb. = harm. HD. 1352. AS. 

sceaftan 
Scathing, sb. Ps. cv. 30 



sc 



SE 



Scatter, v. a. Ps. xvii. 15; xxxiv. 16; 
part. ' stakered,' by a metathesis in Ps. 
cxl. 7. AS. scateran 

Scenche, sb. = a cup. M. Ode, st. 167. 
AS. scene 

Sceptre, sb. Alys. 6716 

Schamel, sb. = footstool. Ps. xcviii. 5. 
AS. scamel. Lat. scamnum 

Schamil, = shambles, q. v. 

Schare, sb. = penis. Pr. Sci. 322. AS. 
scara. 'Schere' is given as the trans- 
lation of ' pubes ' in Wright's Yocabb. p. 
246 

Schede, vb. = separate. 0. and N. 197. 
AS. sceadan 

Schef,,s#. = creature. Rel. Ant. ii. p. 177 

Schenche, v. a. = destroy. Alys. 4482. 
AS. scenan 

Schenche, v. a. = pour out. Alys. 7581. 
Rel. Ant. i, 113. AS. scencan 

Schenlon, sb. = rascal, vile person. Rel. 
Ant. ii. p. 211. Probably a corruption 
of Dut. schelm 

Schille. See Shrill 

Schinde, sb. = shingle, rafter. Rel. Ant. 
ii. p. 176. Dutch schindel 

Schoningnes, sb. = awe. Ps. xxxiv. 26. 
Formed from ' shun ' 

School, sb. 152 B. 

Schulle, sb. = some fish, resembling a 
sole in flavour, according to Sir T. 
Browne. See N. and Q., 2nd ser. vi. 
382 ; vii. p. 79, 135. It may be derived 
from the Swed. skolla, a plaice, ON. 
skolli, a fox. Cf. Gr. d\w7T£jaae, and 
Lat. vulpes marina, and Sylvester's Sea- 
Pox, p. 97. In Wright's Yocabb., p. 
254, among the Nomina Piscium Mari- 
norum we find the entries ' Hec solia, a 
sole,' and ' Hec testa, a schylle ; ' show- 
ing clearly that the ' schylle ' was not the 
same as the sole, and that it was some 
sort of flatfish, probably the plaice 

Scion, sb. = stern, stock. Cok. 72. Pr. 
cion 

Sclavyne, sb. — a palmer's robe. K. 
Horn, 1086. It is given as the transla- 
tion of ' Sarabarda ' in Wright's Vocabb. 
p. 259 

Scoff, sb. Alys. 667 

Scomfit, sb. = discomfiture. Alys. 959 

Scoppe, sb. = a leap, skip. Alys. 5777. 
Swed. skutta, to leap 

Score, sb. EG. 20, 519 

Scorn, v. a. Ps. ii. 4. 80 B. OHG. sker- 
non. Pr. escharnir. SS. scarn, scare. 
Ital. scorno 

Scornly, adv. 710 B. 

Scorpion, sb. Alys. 5263 
70 



Scot, sb. = payment, contribution, shot. 

Pol. S. 71. AS. scot 
Scour, v. n. = rush quickly. Alys. 3722. 

Ital. scorrere. Pr. escourre 

sb. = haste, * good scour.' Alys. 

4276 

Scourge, v. a. RG. 263 ; part. ' iscourged.' 

St Kath. 118 

sb. Wright's L. P. p. 84 

Scrape, v. a. [shrape]. Pol. S. 239. AS. 

screopan 

Scream, v. n. Pol. S. 157. AS. hreman 
Screnche, v. a. = withdraw. M. Ode, st. 

167. AS. screncan 
Scrip, sb. K. Horn, 1093. ON. skreppa 
Scrub, v. a. [scrobbe]. Alys. 4310. Swed. 

skrubba 
Sculde, v. a. = defend. M. Ode, st. 167. 

AS. scyldan 
Scythe, sb. HD. 2553. Alys. 5722. 

AS. sitSe 
Se, = the. HD. 534. This is, however, 

probably an error 

— = thee. O. and N. 62 
Sea, sb. RG. 436, 443 

Seal, sb. = the fish. HD. 755. AS. seol 
Seal, sb. RG. 77. Fr. seau 

v. a. part. ' ysealed.' RG. 446 

Seam, sb. (of a garment). Rel. Ant. ii. 

176. AS. seam 
Season, sb. = time. Alys. 5251 
Seat, sb. = sitting down. Ps. exxxviii. 

2 
Second, adj. RG. 414 
Secular, adj. 918 B. 
Seculars, sb. = an order of monks. RG. 

282 
Sedewale, sb. = the herb valerian, or set- 
well. Wright's L. P. p. 27. AS. syde- 

wale 
Sedge, sb. [segge]. O. and N. 18. AS. 

secg 
See, sb. = throne. Pol. S. 215, 773 B. 

Pr. siege 

= a bishop's see. 567 B. 

See, v. a. [ysey]. RG. 369 ; [iso]. O. 

and N. 327, 370; [iseo]. 125 B. ; [so]. 

O. andN. 34; [y-seen]. Alys. 5524; 

pret. f sey.' RG. 418 ; c ysey.' RG. 367 ; 

<isey.' 38 B.; c seye.' 39 /3 ; 'iseye.' 171 

B. ; c isay.' 772 B. ; ' say.' Alys. 4352 ; 

'sygh.' Alvs. 6913 ; part. ' ise$e.' 281 B. ; 

'isene.' 1305 B. ; ' yseye.' RG. 418 
Seed, sb. Pol. S. 152. AS. sed 
Seek, v. a. [siche]. 60 B. ; [i-seche]. 0. 

and N. 74; part. 'iso3t. 5 68 B. AS. 

secan. 
Seem, v. n. = appear. Wright's L. P. p. 

23. AS. seman 



SE 



SH 



Seem, v. a. = become, beseem. Wright's 

L. P. p. 44 
Seemly, adj. Wright's L. P. p. 26 ; sup. 

' seemlokest,' ibid. p. 27 
Seeth, v. a. RG. 404, 408 ; part. ' ysode.' 

RG. 446. AS. sedgan 
Segge, sb. = cuttlefish. HD. 896. Fr. 

seche 
Seignours, sb. = lord, master. Alys. 1458 
Seisin, sb. RG. 314, 382; [sesyng]. Alys. 

8014 
Seize, v. a. RG. 436 
= (in law) to give a person pos- 
session of a thing. HD. 2513 
Selcouth, adj. = strange. HD. 124. AS. 

seld-cucS 

. sb. = a marvel. HD. 1059 

v. a. = show wonderfully. Ps. 

xv. 3 
Selcouthly, adv. Ps. xliv. 5 
Seldom, adv. [seld]. RG. 416. The dat. 

pi. of the AS. adj. 'seld' 
Sele, adj. = glad, content. Alys. 7430. 

AS. ssel 
Sele, sb. = a short time. O. and N. 951. 

AS. sal 
Self [solve], adj. = same. RG. 373, 263 
Himself. RG. 377 ; [him silve]. 274 

B. ; [him sulfne]. M. Ode, st. 7 
Myself [my sulf]. RG. 405 
Thyself. Wright's L. P. p. 26 
Selfwilly, adv. = without a cause. Ps. 

cviii. 3 ; cxviii. 161 
Selike, sb. = willow. Ps. cxxxvi. 2. Pr. 

saulx. Lat. salix 
Sell, v. a, RG. 223, 397 ; pret. 'solde.' 

530 |8; part, 'isoki' St Lucy, 77 
Selthe, sb. = advantage. HD. 1338. AS. 

selS 
Semblant, sb. = countenance, appearance. 

RG. 157 

Semble, sb. = assembly. RG. 125 
Seme, sb, = burden. O. and N. 773. 

AS. seam 
Seme, v. a. = arbitrate, judge. O. and 

N. 187. AS. seman 
Semee, adj. = seemly. 116 B. 
Senator, sb. RG. 193, 219 
Send, v. a. RG. 383 ; part. ' ysend.' 

RG. 398 
Sendal, sb. = a fine silk stuff. Body and 

Soul, 15. Pr. cendal. See Roq. s. v. 
Sene, sb. = sight, power of vision. O. 

and N. 368. AS. syn 
Sengellic, adj. = eternal. Creed of St 

Athan. 41. AS. singallic 
Sentence, sb. 924 B. 
Seollic, adj. — marvellous. O. and N. 

1297. AS. sellfc 



Sepulture, sb. RG. 186 

Seraph, sb. Marg. 75 

Sere, v. a. — dry, burn. Alys. 796 ; [serie]. 

K. Horn, 1435. AS. searian 
Serf borow, sb. — surety. HD. 1667 
Sergeant, sb. HD. 1929. 681 B. 
Serie. See Sere 

Serk, sb. == a shirt. HD. 603. AS. syrce 
Sermon, sb. Rel. S. vii. 4 
Serne, sb. = equipment. Ps. xliv. 10. 

AS. searo 
Serpent, sb. Cok. 31 
Servage, sb. RG. 11, 284 
Serve, v. a. RG. 390, 404 

== worship. Ps. xxi. 31 

serve out, reward; part. 



'yserved.' RG. 26 

= observe. RG. 507 

Service, sb. RG. 412, 501 

Serving, sb. Wright's L. P. p. 69 

Set, v. a. = place, appoint. RG. 501 ; 

pret. c sed.' RG. 470; part. <yset.' 

RG. 394 ; « set.' 1084 B. AS. settan. 

ON. setja 
v. ^. = sink (of the sun). HD. 2671. 

ON. setja 
Sete, adj. = pleasant, at ease. Body and 

Soul, 123. Wright's L. P. pp. 89, 114. 

Probably from ON. ssetr, dulcis, ju- 

cundus. AS. swet, our ' sweet ' 
Setelgang, sb. = sunset. Ps. xlix. 1. 
Settle, v. n. (of a bird). Alys. 484 

\ = seat. O. and N. 594. AS. 



setl 

Seu, sb. = suit or contention ? RG. 470 
Seven. RG. 440, 491 
Sevenight, sb. 1149 B. Alys. 7045 
Seventeen. RG. 515, 499 
Seventh, adj. [senethe]. RG. 372 
Seventy. RG. 373 
Sew, v. a. [suve] = follow. RG. 42 
Sew, v. a. == stitch. Lat. suere ; part. 

'isowed. 5 1840 B. 
Seyned ? Body and Soul, 101 
Shade, sb. = shadow. RG. 108 
Shadow, v.n. Ps. cxxxix. 8 

sb. Alys. 2628 

Shaft, sb. (of an arrow). RG. 419. AS. 

sceaft, from scafan 
Shaft, sb. = a creature. O. and N. 786. 

AS. sceaft, from scapan 
Shake, v. a. RG. 24, 218; pret. 'ssoc.' 

RG. 186 
Shake, v. 

' p. 110 ; pret. c ssok.' RG. 208 
■ = go hastily. Alys. 4255. AS. 



tremble. Wright's L. P. 



scacan 

sb. = haste. Alys. 232 



Shall, vb. RG. 3 ; 2 s. ' scbaltu'= shalt 

71 



SH 



SH 



thou. 0. and N. 209; 3 pi. 'schul.' 
RG. 147; pret. 'scholde.' RG. 146; 
'icholde.' RG. 539 
Shambles [shamil], sb. Rel. Ant. ii. 
p. 176 



Shame, 

1941 



b. RG. 376, 532 [same]. HD. 

— = shameful deed. RG. 85 

v. n. = be ashamed. Pol. S. 157 

v. a. = fear. RG. 361 

Shameless, adj. Cok. ult. 

Shamely, adv. = shamefully. Rel. S. 

vii. 9. HD. 2462 
Shank, sb. = legs. HD. 1903. AS. 

scanca 
Shape, sb. = creature. Body and Soul, 

222 

v. a. part. 'yshope.' RG. 215 

Shaping, sb. [shupping] = shape? 

Wright's L. P. p. 38 
Share. See Schare 
Share, sb. = ploughshare. RG. 335 



Sharp, 



RG. 395 

v. a. = sharpen. Ps. lxiii. 4 



Shaw, sb. = wood. Alys. 6109. ON. 

skogr 
Shawel, sb. = scarecrow. 0. and N. 1646 
Sheaf, sb. O. and N. 455. AS. sceaf 
Shear, v. a. = cut. HD. 1413. AS. 

sceran 
Shears, sb. HD. 857. AS. sceare 
Sheath, sb. O. and N. 135. AS. scseS 
Shed, v. a. RG. 57; pret. ' schedde.' 

Wright's L. P.p. 58; 'chadde.' 0. 

and N. 1614; part, 'y-schad.' Alys. 

2772. AS. scedan 
Shedding, sb. RG. 388 
Sheen, adj. = bright. Wright's L. P. p. 

58 ; [scene]. M. Ode, st. 171. AS. seine 
Sheep. RG, 6, 458 
Sheet, sb. RG. 435 ; [scete]. M. Ode, st. 

174. AS. scyte 
Shell, sb. Alys. 571 
Shend, v. a. = injure. RG. 379, 506 ; 

part. ' ischend ' = corrupt. Pol. S. 197 ; 

' yssend.' RG. 212. AS. scendan 
Shendfully, adv. RG. 310, Miracles, 

84 
Shendness, sb. RG. 342, 525 ; [shendisse]. 

1304 B. 
Shepe, sb. = skip ; 'at on shepe ' = at 

once. Alys. 3577 
Shepherd, sb. RG. 351 
Sheriff, sb. RG. 535, 536; [scirreve]. 

M. Ode, st. 25. AS. scir-gerefa 
Shew, v. a. RG. 416, 563 
Shewer, sb. = a mirror. Alys. 18 
Shide, sb. = a piece of wood. HD. 917. 

Alys. 6421. AS. scid. 
72 



Shield, sb. RG. 435 ; [chelde]. 0. and 
N. 1711 

RG. 386, 525; [i-shilde]. 



0. andN. 779 
Shielder, sb. Ps. xxx. 5- 
Shilling, sb. RG. 383. AS. scill, 

scylling 
Shin, sb. 0. and N. 1058. Ps.cxlvi. 10. 

AS. scina 
Shine, v. n. 1411 B. AS. scinan 
Shingle, sb. = a rafter, roof. Alys. 2210. 

Germ, schindel 
Shining, sb. Ps. cix. 3 
Ship, sb. RG. 466 

v. a. = furnish, store. RG. 538 

= cause to embark in a ship. Alvs. 

6062 _ J 

v. n. = sail in a ship. Alys. 1495 

Shipful, sb. RG. 265 ; ' ssypvolmen ' 

= shipfuls of men. RG. 371 
Shipping, sb. = ships. Alys. 990 
Shipwright, sb. Alys. 3665 
Shir, adj. = bright. HD. 587. AS. seir 
Shire, sb. RG. 3. 374. AS. scire 
Shireness, sb. = purity. Ps. cxviii. 130 
Shirt, sb. 260 B. 
Shit, adj. = obscene. O. and N. 286 

v. a. Alys. 5670. AS. scitan 

Shiver, v. n. Rel. S. v. 142 

Shoe, sb. HD. 860. AS. seed 

v.a. HD. 1138; pres. ^shoyeth.' 

Pol. S. 238 ; part. ' ischud.' O. and N. 

1527 
Shonde, sb. = injury. RG. 65. AS. 

sceond 
Shoot, v. n. [ssete]. RG. 377 ; [scheote]. 

Alys. 6347; 3 s. pres. < schit.' Fr. Sci. 

.138 
v. a. pret. ' sset.' RG. 419 ; part. 

* yssote.' RG. 419, 377. AS. scitan 
Shooting, sb. [ssetinge]. RG. 543 
Shop, sb. RG. 541. Pr. eschope 
Shore, sb. HD. 321. AS. score, from 

' sceran,' to divide 
Shoren, for ' sholen ' = shall. HD. 1640 
Short, adj. RG. 412 
Shortly, adv. RG. 181, 446 
Shotship, sb. = a party paying scot and 

lot. HD. 2099. AS. scot 
Shoulder, v. a. HD. 1056 
Shoulderblade, sb. HD. 2644 
Shouldered, adj. = having shoulders. 

Alys. 4968 
Shoulders, sb. RG. 377, 401 
Shove, v. n. RG. 148 ; pret. ' schef.' 

408/3 

a. Ps. lxi. 5. AS. sciifan 



Shovel, sb. RG. 99. AS. scon 
Shoving, sb. RG. 212 



SH 



SI 



Shower, sb. Wright's L. P. p. 89. AS. 

sctir 
Shrede, sb. = clothing. HD. 99 
Shrenke, v. a. = blast, wither, make to 

shrink up. Fr. Sci. 194. AS. screncan. 

Swed. skrynka 
Shrew, adj. = wicked. RG. 383, 419 

sb. = enemy. EG. 407 

Shreward, sb. = shrew, used always of 

men. RG. 268 
Shrewd, adj. [schrewede] = cursed, 

wicked. RG. 164 
Shrewhede, sb. = wickedness. RG. 280 
Shride, v. a. = shroud or clothe oneself. 

HD. 963 ; pret. ' shred.' K. Horn, 

868. Ps. xcii. 1 ; part. ' y-shred. Alys. 

6819. AS. scrydan 
Shriek, v. n. Pol. S. 157; [schirche]. 

O. and N. 223. pret. ' shrighte.' Alys. 

5738. ON. skrikja 
Shrift, sb. RG. 419 ; [schifte]. HD. 

1829. AS. scrift 
Shriffcfather, sb. = confessor. Miracles, 



Shrill, adj. [schille]. 
v. n. = sound. 



(X and N. 142 
Alys. Ill 



Shrine, sb. RG. 478, 518. AS. serin 



v. a. = enshrine. RG. 469 

[scrynke]. Pol S. 157. 



Shrink, v. n. 

AS. scrincan 
Shrive, v. a. RG. 392, 544 

= confess. Ps. vii. 18 ; lxxxviii. 6 

Shroud, sb. = clothing. HD. 303. AS. 

scrtid 
Shudder, v. n. Wright's L. P. p. 110 
Shueles, adj. = soulless. 0. and N. 1126. 

AS. sawl-leas 
Shun, v. a. = avoid. Body and Soul, 105. 

AS. scunian 

= make to shun, repel. Ps. cxviii. 

10 ; bring to nought, quash. Ps. xxxii. 

10 ; xxxix. 15 
Shunt, v. a. = shun. O. and N. 236 
Shut, v. a. pret. 'shytt.' Alys. 5137. 

3 pi. 'schutten.' Ibid. 2640. part. 

'y-scheot.' Alys. 6185 ; c y-shote.' Alys. 

5953. AS. scittan 
Sib, adj. = akin. RG. 346, 446 ; [ysyb]. 

RG. 315. AS. gesib 

— sb. = peace, concord. O. and N. 

1003. AS. sib 
Sibrede, sb. = kinship. RG. 492. AS. 

sibrseden 
Sick, adj. RG. 564 

— v. n. = sicken, become sick. 506 B. 
Sickle, sb. Er. Sci. 62. AS. sicel 
Sickness, sb. RG. 378, 251 
Side, sb. RG. 553 
Side, sb. = time. v. Sithe 



Side, adj. = wide, ample. RG. 117. 

Wright's L. P. p. 37. AS. sid 
Siedh, sb. = sinks. Rel. S. iii. 5 ; 3 s. 

pres. sihS. AS. sigan 
Siege, sb. = seat. RG. 132 

v. a. = besiege. Alys. 2672 

Sigh, sb. [syke]. Wright's L. P. pp. 40, 90 
v. n. [syke]. Wright's L. P. p. 85 ; 

part. ' sykynde.' RG. 323. AS. sycan 
Sighing, sb. [siking]. 9 8. Wright's 

L. P. p. 53 
Sighingness, sb. Ps. ci. 6 
Sight, sb. = appearance. RG. 6 

= a spectacle. RG. 539 

■ = view, prospect. Cok. 46 

Sign, sb. RG. 180, 193 

Signifiance, sb. = meaning. Alys. 583 

Signify, v. a. RG. 345 

Signiory, sb. RG. 440 

Siker, adj. — secure. RG. 430, 503 

Sikerhede, sb. O. and N. 1263 

Sikerlich, adv. = certainly. O. and N. 

1137. HD. 422 
Sikerness, sb. RG. 434. HD. 2856 
Silence, sb. 319/3 

Silk, sb. Wright's L. P. p. 36. AS. seolc 
Silken, adj. Alys. 278 
Silly, adj. RG. 428. Literally, happy, 

then innocent, foolish, from AS. sgelig 
Silver, sb. RG. 379 

silver ore.' RG. 1 



Simnel, sb. = a biscuit. HD. 779. Lat. 

' siminellus,' from ' simila.' Sw. sernla 
Simple, adj. RG. 97 
Simply, adv. RG. 125 
Sin, sb. RG. 195, 405 
Sinew, sb. 2429 B. 
Sinful, adj. RG. 173, 405 
Sinfully, adv. RG. 445 
Sing, v. a. RG. 508. Alys. 1044 

v. n. Wright's L. P. p. 26 

Singing, sb. Alys. 6745 

Sink, v. n. Wright's L. P. p. 37. AS. 

sincan 

v. a. = make to sink. pret. ' sanke.' 



Ps. lxviii. 3. AS. sencan 
Sir, as a title, ' Svre Geffray/ RG. 440. 

< Sir King.' RG\ 501 
Sire, sb. = an appellative. RG. 500, 501 
— — = a lord. RG. 321 
Sise, sb. = assize. Body and Soul, 143 
Sisour, sb. = a person deputed to hold 

assizes. Manuel d. Pecches, 2638 
Sister, sb. RG. 453 
Sit, v. n. RG. 535 

= fit (as a dress). Body and Soul, 199 

— - v. a. = oppose, for ■ at-sitte.' HD. 

2567 
Sithe, sb. = time. ' at the first sithe.' 

73 



SI 



SL 



HD. 1052. KG. 264; [side]. 0. and 

N. 299. AS. si$ 
Sithen, #«fo. = afterwards. HD. 2251 
Siththe, adv. = since (of time). 1864 B. ; 

afterwards. RG. 266 ; [suththe]. EG. 

368, 378. AS. sfiSSa 
Six. RG. 428, 395 
Sixteen. RG. 474 
Sixth, adj. RG. 416 
Sixty. RG. 368 
Skeet, adj. = swift. Alys. 5637. ON. 

skiottr 
Skekfcing, sb. = battle. Alys. 3563. ON. 

skekja, to shake 
Skente, v. a. = amuse, delight. 0. and 

N. 449. ON. skemta 
Skenting, sb. = a merry song. 0. and 

N. 446 
Skere, adj. = clear, pure. Pol. S. 155. 

AS. scir 

v.a. = purify, justify. RG. 334, 335 

Skere, adj. = divided from. Rel. S. iv. 78 
Sket, adv. — quickly. HD. 1926. Alys. 

974; [skit]. Alys. 6029. ON. skjdtt 
Skewe, = sky. a. v. 
Skilful, adj. = reasonable. Creed of St 

Athan. 76 
Skill, sb. = intelligence. Body and Soul, 

25 ; reason. Pol. S. 198. Alys. 3372 
= cause. Ps. xlii. 1. ON. skil, skil- 

ning 
Skin, sb. Alys. 6807 
Skinner, sb. Rel. Ant. ii. p. 176 
Skip, v. n. [schippe]. Alys. 1108 
Skirm, v.n. = skirmish. Alys. 197, 1046. 

HD. 2323 ; ' skirmen * is used in La^a- 

mon in the sense of 'skirmish.' Dan. 

skjerm, a defence 
Skit. See Sket 
Skruke, v. n. = shrink, wither. Wright's 

L. P. p. 87. Cf. ON. skrucka, 'anus 

rugosa,' skrucklegr, ' deformis,' and Eng. 

f shrug ' 
Skulk, v. n. Ps. xxxviii. 12 ; ' skulded.' 

Ps. cxviii. 158. Sw. skolka 
Skulking, sb.. RG. 256 
Skull, sb. RG. 16 
Sky, sb. Alys. 479, 561 ; [skewe]. Ps. 

xvii. 12. ON. sky, a cloud 
Skyke, v. n. = fight. # Alys. 6077. ON. 

skekja. See Skekking 
Skymyng, probably for ' skyrming ' = 

fighting. Alys. 1615 
Slab, sb. Fr. Sci. 141. AS. slifan 
Slack, adj. Alys. 1252. AS. sleac. Dan. 



% a. = slacken. Ps. lxxxviii. 10 
v. n. = become slack, remiss, 



[slake]. Wright's L. P. p. 54 

74 



Slade [slede], sb. = a green plain. RG. 

447. AS. slsed 
Slake. See Slack 
Slander [sclaundre], sb. RG. 333, 354 

= fame, report. Alys. 4797 

Slating, = slaying. Alys. 200 
Slave, sb. Body and Soul, 100 
Slay, v. a. [sle]'. 1128 B. ; pret. ' slowe.' 

RG. 528; <slou.' RG. 376; 'slom.' 

2373 B.; 2. pi. imper. 'sleth.' RG. 

236 ; part. < yslawe.' RG. 9 
Sla^t, sb. — slaughter. RG. 493, 379 
Sledde, sb. = an old blind person. Rel. 

Ant. ii. 211. Dut. sladde. ON.dsefr, 

' hebes,' ' ignavus,' slitti, ' res flaccida ' 
Slede. See Slade 
Sleech, adj. = sly. Ritson's AS. viii. 

147. Rel. Ant. ii. 175. ON. shegr 
Sleep, sb. RG. 429 

v.n. Pol. S. 152 

Sleeper, sb. Pr. Sci. 278 

Sleeping, sb. = sleep. 1576 B. 

Sleet, sb. Cok. 39 

Sleeve, sb. HD. 1957. AS. slef 

Sleight, sb. Ps. civ. 22 

Sleme, sb. = weariness. Ps. cxviii. 28. 

AS. sluma. ON. slsemi 
Sletten, vb. = slid, fell. See Slide 
Slice, sb. Alys. 3833. AS. slican, to 

Slide, v. n. Wright's L. P. p. 110. 3 pi. 

pret. e sletten.' Alys. 2262; part, 'islide.' 

O. and N. 686 
v. a. = make to slide. Ps. lxxxviii. 

24. AS. slidan 
Slider, adj. = slippery. O. and N. 954 
Sliding, sb. Ps. cxiv. 8 ; lv. 13 
Slike, v. a. = make smooth, comfortable. 

Rel. S. i. 43. part, 'isliked.' O. and N. 

84]. ON. slikja 
Sling, sb. Alys. 3223. AS. slingan 
v. a. pret. ' slonge.' RG. 362 ; 

pret. ' slongen.' Body and Soul, 233 
v. n. = leap, fling oneself, pret. 

' slang.' Alys. 5538 
Slit, v. a. Ps. xxix. 12 ; part. ' slat.' Pol. 

S. 154 

sb. = pocket. O. and N. ll\6 

Sloe, sb. HD. 849. Alys. 4983. AS. 

sla 
Slot, sb. = bar. Ps. cvi. 16. Dut. slot 
Sloth, sb. RG. 195. AS. sl«w« 
Slough, sb. = bog. Alys. 6075 ; [slo]. 

O. and N. 1392. AS. slog 
Slow, adj. RG. 455. AS. slaw 
Sly, adj. = cunning. Ps. viii. 4. RG. 

350. ON. slsegr. Dan. slu 
Slyly, adv. Cok. 156. Rel. Ant. ii. p. 

176 



SM 



SO 



Smack, sb. = scent. O. and N. 821. AS. 

smaec 
Small, adj. 2218 B. 

sb. = infant. Ps. xvi. 13 

Smaragde, sb. = emerald. Alys. 5683. 

Lat. smaragdus 
Smart, adj. = sharp, f a smart yard.' Rel. 

Ant. i. 115 ; pert. _ Alys. 4160 
v. a. = to give pain to, torment. 

Wright's L. P. p. 70 
v. n. = to ache, feel pain. pret. 

• smonrte.' RG. 322. 3 pi. ' smerten.' 

Alys. 5845. AS. smeortan 
Smear, v. a. = anoint [smyrie]. St Kath. 

183 ; part. ' ysmered.' RG. 457. AS. 

smerian 
Smell, sb. = odour. RG. 43, Body and 

Soul, 219 

= scent (of a dog). 0. and N. 

820 

v. n. Wright's L. P. p. 88. Body 

and Soul, 22. The ON. smella, <cre- 

pere, tinnire,' is probably the origin of 

our * smell ; ' words relating to the senses 

are frequently shifted from one to the 

other in different languages 
Smerle, sb. = ointment. Ps. cxxxii. 2. 

AS. smerels 
Smile, sb. 80 /3. Swed. smila 
Smite, v. a. 1579 B. ; pret. ' smite.' KG. 

397; part. ' ismyte.' 2155 B.; ' to smite 

a battle.' KG. 55 

. v. n. = go, pass. St Dunst. 74 

— (with ' out ' ) = to burst out of a 

place. RG. 564. Alys. 494 
Smith, sb. HD. 1876 

v. a. Ps. cxxviii. 3 

Smithy, sb. St Dunstan, 60 

Smock, sb. Wright's L. P. p. 40. AS. 

smoc 
Smoke, sb. RG. 437, 493. AS. smec 

v. n. 485 (3 

Smoky, adj. 466/3 

Smooth, adj. [smethe]. RG. 424. AS. 

smefte 
Smother, sb. = smoke, fumes. Body and 

Soul, 218. AS. smorian 
Snache, v. a. = pierce ? Alys. 6559. AS. 

snas, a spear, or spit 
Snail, sb. O. and N. 87. AS. snsegel 
Snake, sb. Alvs. 5972. AS. snacu 
Snare, sb. Pol. S. 197. AS. sneare 
Sneer, v. n. Ps. ii. 4. Lat. ' nares,' the 

nostrils. Cf. Gr. hvkt^Huv, and Engl. 

' sneeze,' from AS. uses. Lat. nasus 

v. a. = scorn. Ps. lxxix. 7 

Sneering, sb. Ps. lxxviii. 4 

Sneipe, v. n. = blow the nose. Rel. Ant. 

ii. 211. Cf. Snyte 
l 2 



Snell, adj. — swift. K. Horn, 1517. AS. 

snel 
Snellich, adv. = quickly. Cok. 161 
Snepe, adj. = foolish. O. and N. 225. 

ON. snapr 
Snivelling, part. Pr. Sci. 279. AS. 

snofel 
Snobbe, v. n. = sob ? Rel. Ant. ii. 211. 

Dut. snof == singultus, Kil. 
Snode, sb. = a morsel. Ps. cxlvii. 17. 

AS. snid 
Snout, sb. K. Horn, 1114. Alys. 6534. 

ON. snudr 
Snow, sb. RG. 463 
v. n. Alys. 6450. 3 s. pres. 'snuith.' 

O. and N. 620 
Snub, v. a. [snibbe]. Ps. ix. 6. ON. 

snubba 
Snubbing, sb. = rebuke. Ps. xvii. 16 
Snurpe, v. n. = become shrivelled. Rel. 

Ant. ii. 211. Sw. snorpa 
Snyte, v. a. = blow the nose. St Dun- 
stan, 85; part, 'ysnyt.' lb. 91. ON. 

snyta 
So, adv. with adj. 'a so gret best.' 674 (3. 

< of so noble fame.' RG. 367 
with adv. 'so that.' 643 (3. 651 (3. 
' so soon ' = as soon as. 635 /3 

=asif. HD. 594 

= in such manner. RG. 369 

= as. Wright's L. P. p. 28, ' wery so 

water in wore ' 
— ■ = how [sa]. Ps. xxxiii. 9 
So. See See 
So, sb. = a pail. HD. 933. ON. sar. Dan. 

saa. Pr. seau 
Soap, sb. RG. 6 
Sobbing, sb. HD. 234 
Socket, sb. = blade. Alys. 4415. Pr. 

soc, a ploughshare 
Soffid, part. = sought ? Ritson's AS. viii. 

209 
Soft, adj. RG. 475, 557; merciful. Ps. 

xxxiii. 9 

adv. =i softly. 2128 B. 

Soil, v. a. RG. 469. AS. sol 

v. n. = become soiled. O. and N. 

1274 
Sojourn, sb. 1585 B. 

v. n. RG. 469 

Sojourning, sb. Alys. 5209 
Solace, sb. RG. 442 

v.a. RG. 552 

Solacing, sb. Alys. 6746 
Soldan, sb. Alys. 1781 
Solement, adv. = solely. 197 /3 
Solemnity, sb. 2237 B. Ps. lxxiii. 4 
Solsecle, sb. = the herb solsequium, 

or heliotrope. Wright's L. P. pp. 26, 53 
75 



so 



Somdele, adv. RG. 545 
Some, adj. ' sum holi childe.' 104 B. ; 
used absolutely, c sorame ' = some per- 
sons. RG. 396, 459 
Somer, sb. = bedstead. Body and Soul, 

18. Fr. somier 
Somer, sb. = sumpter horse. Alys. 827. 

Fr. sommier 
Somer, sb. = burden, luggage. Alys. 

5109. AS. seman. Fr. some 
Something. EG. 368 
Sometime. RG. 377 
Somewanne, adv. = at some time. RG. 

260 
Son, sb. EG. 370 

Sonde, sb. = a messenger. RG. 383. AS. 
sand, sond 

a message. Alys. 2893 
See Sunder 
1888 B. 
. = saint, q. v. 
>. RG. 367 
Pol. S. 195. 



Alys. 6636. AS. 



Sondres. 
Song, sb. 
Sonte, si 
Soon, ad 
Soot, sb. 

sot 

Sooth, adj. = true. 1201 B. AS. s63 
sb. = truth, in the phrase c to sooth,' 

i. e. 'in truth.' 1023, 2118 B. 
Soothfastness, sb. Ps. xci. 3 
Soothful, adj. Fragment in Warton, 

H. E. P. vol. i. p. 21 
Soothly, adv. Ps. xxxvi. 33 
Soothness, sb. RG. 457 
Sorcery, sb. Alys. 478. Fr. sort. Lat. 

sors 
Sore, adj. RG. 435 

sb. 130 B. 

Sorefully, adv. Body and Soul, 6 



Soreness, 
Sorimod, aa 

1216 
Soriness, sb. 
Sorrow, 



RG. 131 

= sorrowful. 



O. and N. 



K. Horn, 950 

RG. 374, 378; [seorhe]. 

O. and N. 1597. AS. sorh 

v. n. Wright's L. P. p. 50 

Sorrowful, adj. HD. 1248 ■ 
Sorrowing, sb. Wright's L. P. p. 53 
Sorry, adj. = sorrowful. RG. 52 
= bad or sad, c a sori chirchegon.' 

RG. 379 
Sortes, a misprint for f sottes.' O. and N. 

1469 
Sot, adj. = sottish. O. and N. 1433. Rel. 

S. ii. 37. AS. sot 

sb. 0. and N. 297 

Sothede, sb. 0. and N. 1372 
Sotoned, adj. = made like a long cassock. 

Alys. 5150. Fr. soutane 
Sotter, sb. = a cobler. Rel. Ant. ii. 175. 

Lat. sutor 
76 



Soul, sb. RG. 383, 526 
Soulneed, sb. Body and Soul, 49 
Sound, sb. (sonus). RG. 283; [sone]. 

Alys. 1183 
Sound, adj. RG. 402 ; [isundel 0. and 

N. 1100 
Soundeful, v. n. = prosper. Ps. i. 3. 

AS. sundfullian 

adj. = prosperous. Ps. xliv. 5 

Sour, adj. Wright's L. P. p. 114. AS. 

siir 

v. n. = become sour. Alys. 7002 



Sourmouncie, sb. = lordship. Alys. 595. 

Fr. surmonter 
Sousprior, = subprior, q. v. 
South. Wright's L. P. p. 53 
Southeast. Alys. 5225 
Southern, adj. 463/3 
Southward. 513 /3 
Southwest [southerwest]. Ritson's AS. 

viii. 155 
Sove, = seven. Fr. Sci. 29 



Sovereign, 



RG. 15 



Sow, v. a. RG. 499 ; ' to sow of one's 

land.' RG. 496 ; pret. * sewe.' RG. 29 ; 

part, 'isowe.' 0. and N. 1127 
Sowel, sb. ■= anything eaten with bread'; 

sauce, meat, &c. HD. 767. Dan. suul 
Spade, sb. RG. 99. AS. spad 
Spakely, adv. = surely, certainly. 

Wright's L. P. p. 37. ## ON. spakligr. 

c spakky ' in Rel. Ant. ii. 212, is a mis- 
take for f spakly ' 
Spale, sb. = rest ? 0. and N. 258. Sw. 

( spel,' game or play 
Span, sb. Wright's L. P. p. 35. AS. 

span 
v. a. = allure. 0. and N. 1488. AS. 

spanan 
Spannew, adj. Alys. 4055. HD. 968 ; 

lit. ' as new as a chip,' from AS. spdn, a 

chip ; cf. Swed. f spillerny ' = span-new, 

with Sw. spiltra, a splinter, and Engl. 

' spill' 
Sparc, sb. = park. RG. 439 
Spare, v. a. RG. 428, 429 
Spark, sb, HD. 91 

• — v.'ii. = sparkle. HD. 2144 

Sparkle, sb. Body and Soul, 208 

Sparrow, sb. 1098 B. 

Spatle, v. n. = slobber in speaking. Rel. 

Ant. ii. 211 
Speak. RG. 497; pret. 'speke.' RG. 

419 ; part. c ispeke.' 936 B. 
Spear, sb. RG. 48, 564. AS. spere 
Spearman, sb. RG. 378 
Special, adj. RG. 422 
sb. = a particular friend. Alys. 

3288. St Dunstan, 194 



SP 



ST 



Specially, adv. RG. 497 

Speech, sb. RG. 412, 419 

Speed, v. n. = succeed, pret. e spedde.' 

RG. 303, 396; part, 'isped.' 1487 B. 

AS. spedan 
Spell, sb. = tale. HD. 338, 2530. AS. 

spell 

. v. n. = tell, relate. HD. 15 

Spelling, sb. = tale. Ps. lxxii. 28 
Spence, sb. = expenses. RG. 167 ; 

money to defray expenses. RG. 275 ; 

[spounse]. 1566 B. 
Spend, v. a. RG. 528; pret. 'spende.' 

RG. 390 
Spending, sb. [spenynge]. RG. 389 
Sperd, part. = barred, locked up. HD. 

448. ON. sperra 
Sperver, sb. = sparrowhawk. Alys. 183. 

Fr. espervier 
Spew, v. n. Pol. S. 240. AS. spiwan 
Spice, sb. Wright's L. P. p. 34 
Spicery, sb. RG. 151 
Spill, sb. = a splinter of wood ; ' not 

worth a spill.' 850 B. Ital. spillo. 

AS. speld 
Spill, v. a. = destroy. 306 B. ; part. 

< ispild.' O. and N. 1025 
i v. n. = miscarry. Wright's L. P. 

p. 84 
Spin, v.a. Alys. 6806 ; part, 'ysponne.' 

Alys. 7251 
Spinnandweb, sb. = spider. Ps. lxxxix. 9 
Spire, sb. = a sprout, twig. O. and N. 

18. ON. spira 
Spire, v. a. = inquire, learn. HD. 2620. 

Alys. 2569. AS. spirian. Scotch, speer 
Spit, sb. = kitchen spit. RG. 207. AS. 

spitu 

v. a. = pierce with a spit. RG. 207 

Spit, v. a. [spret]. Alys. 979 

v. n. Rel. Ant. ii. 211 

Spore, an error for * swore ' = neck ? 

O. and N. 1123 
Spouse, sb. — husband. RG. 431 
i = matrimonial fidelity. O. and 

N. 1332 
I v. a. RG. 368, 422; part. 

'yspoused.' RG. 393 
Spousebreach, sb. RG. 26 
Spousehood, sb. RG. 26, 367 
Spousing, sb. = marriage. RG. 431 
« = matrimonial fidelity. O. 

and N. 1553 
Sprawl, v. n. HD. 475 
Spray, sb. = twig of a tree. RG. 552. 

AS. spree 
Spread, v. a. HD. 95. 

■ . = overspread. Sermon, 30 ; part. 

. 'ysprad.' RG. 545 



Spread, v. n. Wright's L. P. p. 70. AS. 

sprsedan 
Spret. See Spit 
Spring, v. n. RG. 15 ; pret. c sprong.' 

RG. 384; part, 'isprung.' O. and N. 
300. AS. springan 
Spring, sb. = fountain. Wright's L. P. 

p. 70 
Springe, sb. = snare. O. and N. 1064 
Sprit [spreot], sb. = bowsprit. Alys. 858. 

AS. sprit 
Sprout, sb. HD. 1142. Ps. lxxix. 12. 

AS. sprote 
Spur, sb. RG. 544. AS. spor 

v. a. RG. 376 

Spurless, adj. Pol. S. 71 

Spurn, v. a. Ps. xc. 12 

Sputing, sb. = disputing. O. and N. 

1572 
Spy, sb. Body and Soul, 130. Alys. 3530 

v. a. = look out, devise. Alys. 7013 

Spyrie ? Alys. 2995. Possibly a mis- 
take for ' squyrie,' i. e. the squires 
Squat, v. a. = squash, crush. Ps. cix. 6. 

AS. cwatan, to shake 
Squire, sb. RG. 536, 380 
Stability, sb. Ritson's AS. viii. 98 
Stable, adj. RG. 551, 455 
■ v. a. = stablish ; part. c ystabled.' 

Alys. 4690 
Stably, adv. RG. 551, 123 
Staff, sb. RG. 126. AS. stsef 
Stage, sb. = platform. Alys. 5585 
Stake, sb. RG. 51. AS. staca 
Stake, sb. = a blow.^ Alys. 2835. AS. 

stician, to stab, fix in 
Stake, v. a. = hazard ; part. ' steke.' Alys. 

69 
Stale, sb. = stealing. M. Ode, st. 128 
Stall, sb. ' stal ne stode ' = neither ox 

nor horse, i. e. in no capacity. O. and 

N. 1630 
Stall, sb. = stable. Wright's L. P. p. 48 . 

AS. steal 
Stallion, sb. [stalun]. Cok. 165 
Stalward, adj. RG. 384, 538. AS. 

stael-weorS, that which is worth taking 
Stalwardhede, sb. RG. 213, 274 
Stalwardly, adv. RG. 394, 399 
Stalwardman, sb. RG. 400 
Stalworthi, adj. = stalward. HD. 24 
Stammer, v. n. Rel. Ant. ii. 211 
Stamp, v. a. = pound, bruise. Alys. 332 
Stamyn, sb. = a linsey garment. 2245 B. 

Fr. estamine 
Stand [stonde], RG. 372. 3 s. pres. 

4 stent.' 1925 B. ; 'stont.' RG. 1; pret. 

'stood.' RG. 388 
Standard, sb. RG. 303, 400. Fr. es- 

77 



ST 



ST 



tendart, from tendre. The word originally 
meant the centre of an army, where a 
pole was fixed bearing a dragon, whose 
mouth was turned in the intended direc- 
tion of march. Hence ' dragon ' is some- 
times used by RG. for a ' standard ' 

Standard, = standardbearer. Alys. 1995 

Star, sb. RG. 416, 548. AS. steorra 

Star, sb. = sedge. HD. 939. Swed. 
starr. ON. stor 

Stare, v. a. HD. 1037 

Stare. 'A^eyn stare,' Pol. S. 217, is 
probably ' gain-stayer/ i. e. opponent 

Stark, adj. = strong. HD. 341. Wright's 
L. P. p. 87. AS. stearc 

Start, v. n. = leap. suddenly. RG. 460 

Startle, v. n. = stumble along. Body and 
Soul, 60 

Starve, v. n. = die. Alys. 579 ; die of 
hunger. Alys. 1234 

Starving, sb. Ps. cvi. 20 

Starwise, adj. 0. and N. 1316 

Stat, sb. = place, or ground ? Alys. 2268. 
ON. stadr 

State, sb. = condition. RG. 380, 433, 491 

Stathel, v. a. = establish. Ps. xxi. 12. 
AS. staftolian 

Stathelnes, sb. = substance. Ps. 
cxxxviii. 15. AS. staSolnes 

■ = firm foundation. Ps. 

lxviii. 3 

Statute, sb. Pol. S. 88 

Stayelnes, sb. = substance. Creed of 
St Athan. 14 

Stead, sb. = place. 5 B. ; [stide]. P. 
and P. 17. AS. stede 
v. a. 

v. n. = come secretly upon one. 
Alys. 4032 

Stealingly , adv. [stelendelich] = secretly. 
Alys. 5080 

Steam, sb. HD. 591 

Stedde, part. = fixed. Ps. lxxxvii. 8 

Stedfast, adj. RG. 529, 533 

Stedfastly, adv. Ps. xliv. 5 

Stedful, v. a. = make firm, prosperous. 
Ps. lxiv. 10 

Steed, sb. RG. 544 

Steel, sb. RG. 2 

Steelen, adj. Alys. 2301 

Stefne. See Steven 

Steke, v. a. See Stick, v. a. 

- = shut up, enclose. Ps. xvi. 10 ; 
pret. * stake.' ON. steckr, a fold 

Stench, sb. RG. 405, 407 

Steo, v. n. = step, or go. See Stie 

Step, sb. RG. 338, 459 

v. n. RG. 338 

Stepmother, sb. RG. 122, 287 

78 



Stere, sb. = stern of a ship. K. Horn, 

1421 ; the place where the ship is 

' steered ' 

= rudder. Cok. 152. AS. steore 

Stere, adj. = staunch, true to ? K. Horn, 

1390. Connected with AS. stearc. 

Germ, starr 
Sterling, sb. = a coin of sterling money. 

RG. 563, 565. Germ, sterling 
Stern, adj. RG. 377 ; [steorne]. Alys. 

508, 511. AS. stym 
Sterne, sb. = star. HD. 1809. Ps. 

cxxxv. 9. ON. stjarna 
Sternhede, sb. = sternness. RG. 369 
Sternly, adv. RG. 369 
Sterre, adj. = stiff, brittle. Alys. 4437. 

ON. starr 
Stert, sb. = tail. HD. 2823. AS. steort 
Stet, vb. = stops, delays. Alys. 4146 
Steven, sb. [stefne] = voice. O. and N. 

314. AS. stefen 
Stevening, sb. = appointment, assigna- 
tion. Wright's L. P. p. 46 
Stew, sb. Cok. 107. Dan. stuve 
Steward, sb. HD. 667. SS. steowien. 

MG. staujan. See Gloss. Rem. to La^. 

iii. 471 
Sthenche. Evidently an error for 

( schenche,' to pour out. RG. 118 
Sti, sb. = path. Wright's L. P. p. 111. 

HD. 2619. AS. stig 
Stick, sb. HD. 914. AS. sticca 
Stick, v. a. = pierce ; part. ' ystyked.' 

Pol. S. 190 
= fasten [steke]. 683 B. 



= place, pret. ' stok.' RG. 367 ; 

part, 'istekke.' Pol. S. 203. AS. 

stician 
Stie, v. n. = go [steo]. Rel. S. i. 38. 

3 s. pres. 'sti^th.' O. and N. 1403; 

pret. ' stowe.' Alys. 1209. AS. stigan 
Stiff, adj. RG. 377 
Stiffly, adv. RG. 251 
Still, adj. = quiet. RG. 367- HD. 2309 
Still, v. a. 467 B. 
Stilly, adv. RG. 548, 564 
Sting, v. a. = pierce ; part. c ystouge.' 

Wright's L. P. p. 84; 'isstunge.' O. 

and N. 515. AS. stingan 
Stinging, sb. Ps. lix. 5 
Stink, v. n. 2422 B. 
v. a. = make to stink. Rel. Ant, 

ii. p. 176 
Stint, v. a. = stop, or hinder. Ritson's 

AS. viii. 63 ; imper. ' stunt.' Wright's 

L. P. p. 50; pret. 'stunte' ? Ibid. p. 31 
— v. n. = stop, halt ? 1126 B. AS. 

stintan, which is, however, always 

neuter 



ST 



ST 



Stir, v. a. [sterin]. Body and Soul, 72 ; 

pret. ' sturede.' RG. 17, 22 
Stirring, sb. Ps. lxxxviii. 10 ; cxx. 3 
Stirrup, sb. 190 B. AS. stig-rap 
Stith, sb. = anvil. HD 1877. AS. styS 
Stithe, adj. = strong. Wright's L. P. p. 

99 ; [stit'hye]. Ibid. p. 31 
Stithstreain, sb. = deluge, flood. Ps. 

xxviii. 10 
Stivour, sb. = a musical instrument, sort 

of trumpet. Alys. 2571. Pr. estive 
Stock, sb. = stem of a tree. O. and N. 25 
Stode. See Stud 
Stoke, sb. = a thrust. Alys. 7096 
Stonde, sb. = drinking vessel. Rel. S. v. 

110. OHG. standa 
Stole, sb. Alys. 4714 
Stone, sb. RG. 394, 517 

v. a. RG. 298 

Stonedead, adj. HD. 1815 

Stoop, v. n. Alys. 1103. AS. stupian 

Stop, v. a. = stop up. Alys. 6228. Ps. 

lxii. 12." Dut. stopfen 
Stopple, sb. RG. 223 
Stor. See Stour 
Store, sb. RG. 395, 396 

v. a. part, 'ystored.' RG. 18 

Storm, sb. Ps. xlix. 3 

Story, sb. = tale. HD. 1641 

Stot, sb. = horse. O. and N. 495. AS. 

stotte 
Stound, sb. = a space of time. RG. 388, 

559. AS. stund 
Stoup, sb. = cup. RG. 268. AS. stoppa 
Stour, adj. = strong, great. Wright's L. 

P. p. 87; [stor]. Ps. xxxvii. 15. AS. 

stor 
Stout, adj. 512 B. Dut. stout 
Stoute, v. a. = disturb, annoy. Manuel d. 

Pecches, 2951. AS. strutian. 
Stover, sb. = provision, fodder. Alys. 

1866. Pr. estouvier 
Stow, sb. = a place. Wright's L. P. p. 

98. AS. stow 
St owe, sb. = went, mounted. See Stie 
Straile, sb. = a couch. Ps. xl. 4. AS. 

strsel 
Strain, v. a. = tighten, stretch ; part. 

'istrained.' 1479 B. 
Strait, adj. 260 B. 
Straitly, adv. = rigorously. RG. 373 
Strand, sb. (of the sea). K. Horn, 39 
Strange, adj. HD. 640 
Strangeman, sb. RG. 254 
Strangle, v. a. HD. 510 
Straple, sb. = strap. 1479 B. AS. strapol 
Straw, sb. [strol. Pol. S. 152; [strie]. 

HD. 998. AS/streow 
Stream, sb. HD. 2687 



Stream, v. n. = flow. Ps. lxi. 11 

Street, sb. RG. 7 

Strench, sb. = strain, stretch. Rel. S. i. 
14. AS. strec 

Strene, sb. = progeny. Alys. 511 ; 
[strende]. Ps. ix. 27. AS. strynd 

v. a. = beget. HD. 2983 ; forni- 
cate. Ps. lxxii. .27. AS. strynan 

Strength, sb. RG. 377, 490; [strange]. 
RG. 302 

= violence. Pilate, 101 

v. a. = strengthen. Ps. Ixviii. 



Strenkil, v. a. = sprinkle. Ps. 1. 9. Cf. 
Swed. stanka 

= hyssop. Ps. 1. 9 



Streon, sb. = the knot in the yolk of an 
egg, the point where generation com- 
mences. Pr. Sci. 6. AS. streon 
Stride, v. n. Wright's L. P. p. Ill 
sb. Ritson's AS. viii. 32 



Strie. See Straw 

Strife, sb. RG. 408, 567 

Strike, v. n. = go on, flow. Wright's L. 
P. p. 44. AS. strican. See La^amon, i. 
171, 397, and the Legend of St Kath- 
erine (Abbotsford Club), vv. 2514, 733, 
for exx. of this sense in Semi- Saxon 

v. a. = strike sail. K. Horn, 1043 



String, v. a. = pierce. Cf. our phrase, 
c string papers together,' i. e. pierce them, 
and then unite them by a string. Body 
and Soul, 207. Another form of c sting"' 
RG. 456; = rope. Ps. civ. 11. 



AS. streng 

= direction of going ? Ps. cxxxviii. 



Strip, v. a. 2242 B. Pilate, 185 
Strive, v. n. RG. 26 ; [struen]. Marg. 

25. Pr. estriver. Swed. strafwa. Germ. 

streben. ON. strita. AS. strfS 
Striving, sb. RG. 467 
Stroke, sb. RG. 536, 401 
Strong, adj. RG. 544, 546 ; comp. 

' stronger.' RG. 266 ; sup. ' strongest.' 

RG. Ill 

= violent. RG. 84 

Strongly, adv. HD. 135 

Strout, sb. = contention. HD. 1039. AS. 

stmdan 
v. n. = make a disturbance. HD. 

1779 
Stroy, v. a. [struye] = destroy. Marg. 52 
Struen. See Strive 
Strumpet, sb. Pol. S. 153. Span, estru- 

par. Lat. stuprum. The ' m ' is inserted, 

as in ' pamphlet,' from Span. ' papelete ' 
Strut, sb. = display, show. Manuel d. 

Pecches, 3350 

79 



ST 



sw 



Stubble, sb. [stubbe]. 0. and N. 506. 

ON. stubbr 
Stud, sb. = of horses, &c. ; [stode]. Cok. 

35. 0. and N. 495. AS. stod 
Stude, sb. = place. RG. 383, 473 
Study, sb. 1199 B. 
Stumble, v. n. Rel. Ant. ii. 211 
Stump, v. n. = stumble. 0. and N. 1392. 

Swed. stapla 
Stunt. See Stint 

Sturbing, sb. = disturbance. Marg. 48 
Sturdy, adj. RG. 387. ON. styrdr 
Sturgeon, sb. HD. 753. Fr. estourgeon. 

ON. starri. Swed. stor 
Stuten, = started? HD. 599 
Subprior, sb. [sousprior] . RG. 494 
Subtle, adj. = bad. Wright's L. P. p. 23 

■ v. a. = make bad. Ibid. p. 23 

Succour, sb. RG. 568 

v. a. RG. 399 

Such, adj. 10 B. ; < a such.' 1179 B. ; 

[swiche]. O. and N. 1345 ; ' such ' absol. 

= such thing. RG. 419 
Suck, v. a. pret. 'soken.' Alys. 6119 
v.n. part, 'sucking' (of children). 

1496 B. 
Suddenly, adv. Ritson's AS. xviii. 42 
Sue [sywe], v. a. = follow. RG. 396, 

502 
Suing [sywinge], sb. = following. RG. 

502 
Suere, sb. = neck. RG. 3S9. AS. sweora 
Suffer, v. a. = permit. Wright's L. P. p. 

93. RG. 499; part. 'isuffred.' 1303 B. 

v. n. = endure. 1242 B. 

Sufferance, sb. Alys. 3192 
Sugar, sb. Wright's L. P. p. 26 
Suit, sb. = do suit ? [suite]. RG. 539 
Suite [sywete], sb. = company. RG. 191 
Sulle, « ar sulle ' = their selves ? Pol. S. 

152 
Sully, v. a. = soil. 0. and N. 1238 
Sum, sb. RG. 563 
Summer, sb. RG. 514 ; [sumel. 0. and 

N. 709 
Summon, v. a. RG. 377, 504 
Summoner, sb. Pol. S. 157 
Sumpter, sb. = attendant on the baggage. 

Alys. 6023 
Sun, sb. RG. 548, 549 
Sunbeam, sb. HD. 592 
Sunday. RG. 495 

Sunder [sondres], adj. = sundry, differ- 
ent. Alys. 3303 
Sunegi, v. n. = sin. 0. and N. 926 
Sunrising, sb. Alys. 2901 
Sunspring, sb. Ps. xlix. 1 
Suoddring, sb. = sleep. RG. 264. AS. 

swodrian 
80 



Sup, v. n. HD. 1766 

Supper, sb. HD. 1762 

Supple, adj. RG. 223. Er. souple 

Surance, sb. = assurance. 1910 B. 

Suspend, v. a. RG. 563 

Suspicion, sb. Alys. 452 

Sustain, v. a. RG. 440, 442; part. 

e ysusteyned.' RG. 375 
Sustenance, sb. RG. 378 
Sutheth, vb. = showeth. RG. 458 
Suththe. See Siththe 
Swage, v. a. = assuage ; part, 'swaged/ 

Pilate, 175 
Swain, sb. RG. 53. AS. swan 
Swallow, v. a. 2209 B. ; part. ' i-suo^e/ 

O. and N. 146. AS. swelgan 
Swallow, sb. = the bird so called. Alys. 

3787. AS. swalewe 
Swan, sb. HD. 1726. AS. swan 
Swart, adj. RG. 490 
Sway, sb. = noise. Alys. 2801. AS. sweg 
Swear, v. n. pret, e suore.' RG. 445, 446 ; 

part. ' swore.' Pol. S. 150 ; ' isworen.' 

Rel. S. v. 60 
Swearer, sb. RG. 429 
Sweat, sb. [swot]. HD. 2662. AS. swat 

v. n. Pragm. Sci. 202 

v , a . Wright's L. P. p. 70 

Sweep [swopen], v. a. Rel. S. v. 151 
Sweet, adj. RG. 435 
Sweeting, sb. Wright's L. P. p. 52 
Sweetly, adj. = sweet. Wright's L. P. 

p. 52 

• adv. Rel. Ant. ii. p. 193 

Sweetness, sb. Wright's L. P. p. 68. 

St Swithin, 156 
Swell, v. n. Body and Soul, 23 ; pret. 

< sval.' O. and N. 7 
Sweng, sb. = trick. O. and N. 795. Lit. 

c a blow.' AS. sweng. Cf. our expres- 
sion, ' a stroke of policy ' 
Swepe, v. a. = strike, exercise. Ps. lxxvi. 

7. AS. swip. ON. svipa 
Sweping, sb. = a blow. Ps. xxxiv. 15 ; 

xxx vii. 18 
Swere, v. a. = oppress. Pragm. in War- 
ton, H. E. P. vol. i. p. 22. OHG. swarjan. 
Swice, v. n. = cease. O. and N. 336 ; 

[iswike]. O. and N. 927 
= faint, fail. Wright's L. P. p. 

48. AS. swican 
Swich, adv. = as if. O. and N. 566 
Swift, adj. Ps. xli. 5 
Swiftly, adv. Ps. cxlii. 7 
Swike, v. a. = deceive. RG. 115. AS. 

swican, swicol 

sb. = deceiver, traitor RG. 105 

Swikedhede, sb. RG. 357 
Swikedom. RG. 512, 569. AS. swicdom 



sw 



TA 



Swikeldom, sb. 0. and N. 1 63 

Swikelhede, sb. O. and N. 162 

Swile, v. a. = wash. HD. 919. AS. 
swilian 

Swim, v. n. 410 and 164 /3. AS. swimman 

Swine, sb. RG. 376 

Swing, v. a. = strike, beat. Wright's 
L. P. p. 84. AS. swingan 

Swink, v.n.= labour. RG. 41 ; [iswinc]. 
Moral Ode, st. 94 

sb. = labour, toil. RG. 40, 234. 

AS. swincan 

Swire, sb. = neck. Wright's L. P. p. 35. 
AS. sweora 

Swise. See Swithe 

Swithe, adj. = vehement. 340 j3. AS. 
swift 

adv. = quickly. HD. 140, 682 

= very. HD. Ill ; [swise]. O. 

and N. 1565. AS. swifte 

Swithe, v. a. = burn ; pret. c swath.' Ps. 
cv. 18 ; part. ' swithand.' Ps. lxxxii. 
15. ON. svifta 

Swiving, sb. = fornication. Pol. S. 69. 
Swed. besofva 

Swo, adv. = so. Wright's L. P. p. 49 
- = as if. O. and N. 76 

Swoon, sb. RG. 13. AS. a-swunan 

v. n. [swoghen]. Alys. 5857; part. 

yswowe.' RG. 290. Alys. 2262; 
yswawe.' Alys. 2379 

Swooning, sb. K. Horn, 454 

Swop, sb. = blow. Marg. 30. ON. svipa 

Sword, sb. RG. 395 

Swore, = sworn ? Pol. S. 157 

Swored, sb. = neck. Alys. 974 

Sworre, sb. = war. RG. 413 

Swost. Rel. S. v. 152. The rhyme re- 
quires ' swo^t,' for which f swost ' is 
probably an error; 'swo$t' may mean 
' throw.' See Hall. s. v. Swot 

Swynde, v. n. = waste away. Pol. S. 150. 
AS. swindan 

Sygaldry, sb. = nonsense, trick. Alys. 
7015. Fr. singe, singerie? In the Man- 
uel des Pecches, v. 503, ' sygaldry' 
occurs as a verb, in the sense ot * sing 
charms, or spells ' 
yke, = sigh, q. v. 
lynagogue, sb. Ps. lxxxi. 1 
lytoling, sb. = playing on the citole or 
guitar. Alys. 1043 

Sywe, Sywinge. See Sue 

Sywete. See Suite 



Tabard, sb. = a short cloak worn by mili- 



Fr. 



i. 4; 
RG. 



tary personages. Alys. 5476. Fr. tabar. 

Ital. tabaro. See Wright's Vocabb. p. 

133 
Tabernacle, sb. RG. 20 
Tabor, sb. = a musical instrument, RG. 

396 
Taboring, sb. Alys. 925 
Tache, v. a. = spot or stain. Wright's 

L. P. p. 70. Pr. tache 
Tail, sb. (cauda). RG. 416. AS. 

= retinue of followers. RG. 305 

Tail, sb. = tax. RG. 524. Fr. taille 

= figure. RG. 117, Fr. taille 

Tail, v. a. = cut up. Alys. 2133. 

tailler 

sb. == slaughter. Alys. 2217 

Tailed, adj. RG. 416 
Taillage, sb. = tax. 343 B. 
Take, v. a. 3 s. pres. *tas.' Ps. 

c thas'? HD. 1129; pret. 'took.' 

384 
v. n. to f take on' about a thing =• 

be annoyed at it. 639 B. 
Tale, sb. = story. HD. 5 ; talk. O. and 

N. 3. RG. 195 

= number, reckoning. HD. 2025 

v. n. = shout, speak. Alys. 141 5 

Talent, sb. =. disposition. Alys. 1280. 

Fr. talent 
Taleuace, sb. = a large shield. HD. 2323. 

Fr. talevas. See Roq. 
Tame, adj. RG. 1. AS. tarn 

v.a. Pol. S. 214 

Taper, sb. RG. 456, 534. AS. taper 
Tapnage, sb. = secresy. Alys. 7131. Fr. 

tapin, tapinage 
Tar, v. a. = cover with tar. HD. 707. 

AS. tyro, tare 
Targe, sb. = a combination of shields, like 

the Roman testudo. Alys. 2785 
Target, sb. Alys. 7395, AS. targe. Fr. 

targe 
Tarry, >. n. = delay. RG. 109. Fr. 

tarier 
Tarry, v. a. = excite, provoke. Ps. cv. 7. 

AS. teorian. Fr. tarier 
Tarrying, sb. = delay. RG. 207 
Tarryingness, sb. = provocation. Ps. 

xciv. 9 
Tarst, = first. HD. 2688. Cf. 'fyrst/ 

for ' thirst ' 
Tasting, sb. = experience, trial. Alys. 

4043 
Taughte, sb. = gave over to, put in 

charge of. HD. 2214. See Betake. 

AS. tacan. SS. i-taechen 
Tavelen, v. n. — play at dice. O. and N. 

1664. AS. taeflan 
Tavern, sb. RG. 195 

81 



TA 



TH 



Taw, v. a. = dress leather, curry. Rel. 

Ant. ii. 175. AS. tawian 
Tax, sb. Pol. S. 151. Fr. taxer. Lat. 

Te, = to, with infin. RG. 65 

Te, v. a. = draw; [teo], St Lucy, 112; 

draw out, prolong. ' ne te more speche.' 

K. Horn, 317. 3 s. pres. 'tihth.' O. 

andN. 1433; = spreads. 1180 B. 
— — = educate, part. * i-to^en.' 0. and N. 

1723 
v. n. = pull, drag. "Wright's L. P. p, 

59 
= go, betake oneself. RG. 40; [teon]. 

Alys. 6954. part, 'ytyght' = arrived. 

Alys. 7164. AS. teon 
Teach, v. a. = 2074 B. ; [i-tache]. 0. 

and N. 1345. pret. 'ta^e.' RG. 73 
Teacher, sb. Alys. 17 
Team, sb. 0. and N. 774. RG. 261. 

AS. team 
Tear, sb. RG. 405 ; pi. ' tern.' Wright's 

L. P. p. 81 
Tear, v. a. 2199 B. ; 3 p. pret. 'taren/ 
" Alys. 6876 
Teat, sb. [tit]. Wright's L. P. p. 35. AS. 

tite 
Teem, sb. = brood. RG. 261. AS. team 

v. a. = breed. O. and N. 495 

Teen, sb. = harm, mischief. RG. 80, 395 ; 

[tone]. O. and N. 50. AS. teona. See 



Gl. Rem. to La^amon, iii. 440 

= sorrow. 1567 B. 

v. a. = vex, annoy, part. 

Pol. S. 149 

grieve, 



itened. 5 



Teenful, 



Wright's L. P. p. 92 
Ps. lxxvii. 8 
Teh, sb. = ill-humour. Wright's L. P. p. 

111. Gael, 'taoig.' Scotch, < tig.' Ital. 

f ticchio ' 
Tel, sb. = deceit. HD. 190 
Teld, sb. = tent. Ps. xviii. 6. AS. teld 
■ ^ v. a. = pitch a tent. Alys. 1975, 

3470. part, 'ytielde.' Alys. 3438; 

■'ytolde.' Alys. 5901 
Teldstede, sb. = tent-place. Ps. cxix. 5 
Tele, v. a. = blame. O. and N. 1375. 

AS. tailan 
Tell, v. a. — RG. 41 ; pret. ' told.' RG. 

389; part, 'ytold.' RG. 368 

v. a. = reckon, account. O. and N. 

r ; 791, 340 ; 3 s. pres. ' tolth.' RG. 366 
Teller, sb. = relator. Alys. 1577 
Teme, v. n. = be a witness ? Wright's 

L. P. p. 32 
v. a. = summon as a witness. M. 

Ode, st. 54. AS. teama 
Temper, v. a. = rule, restrain, RG. 72 

sb. RG. 429 

82 



Tempest, sb. RG. 378 

Temple, sb. RG. 14 

Ten. RG. 430 

Tence, sb. = cause of quarrel. Alys. 3025. 

Pr. tence, tenser 
Tende, v. a. = light, kindle. RG. 407 ; 

part. « tende/ RG. 534. AS. tendan 
Tender, adj. RG. 315 
Tenor, sb. Alys. 2977 
Tenstringed, adj. Ps. cxliii, 9 
Tent, sb. Alys. 4302 
Tenth, adj. RG. 416, 473 
Teo, vb. = draw. See Te 
Term, sb. = set time. 1536 B. 
Terrene, adj. Alys. 5685 
Teste, sb. = head. Alys. 7112 
Teyte, adj. = lively HD. 1841. ON. 

teitr 
Tha, = thev. Ps. cxxiii. 3 

= them. Ibid. 6 

Thah. See Though 

Thakke, v.a. = thwack. Cok. 140. AS. 

]?acian 
Than, adv. of comparison. RG. 459. 

See Then 
Thane, sb. HD. 2260. pi. 'thavenes'? 

RG. 202 
Thanene. See Thence 
Thank [thoncl. sb. RG. 485. Wright's 

L. P. p. 37 

v.a. RG. 452 

Thankfully, adv. Pol. S. 156 
Thanking, sb. Alys. 4065 
Thar, v. impers. = it needs. See Thore, vn. 
Tharmide, adv. = therewith. O. and N. 

1368 
Thame, v. a. = lose, be deprived of. HD. 

2492, 1912. See Gloss, to Ormulum, 

s. v. parnenn 
= endure. HD. 1687. See the 

Avowyng of Arthur, st. 66, v, 15 
Thas, = takes ? See Take 
Thas, That. See under The 
That, = done ? See The, v. a. 
That, conj. RG. 377, et passim 
Thave, v. a. = give. HD. 296 ; [thau]. 

Pragm. in Warton H. E. P. vol. i. p. 22. 

Cf. * thane ' and ' cayn ' in Havelok 
= bear, sustain. HD. 2696. AS, 



THE. def. art. 

sina.TX. 'the/ RG. 115; 'tho.' RG. 
12. *theo. s Alys. 2325 
G. «thare.' O. and IN. 28 
D. 'than.' O. and N. 125, 133; 
'then.' RG. 543; <thon/ 
O. and N. 135; fern, 'thare.' 
O. and N. 1581; * there.' 
Wright's L, P. p. 95 



TH 

A. 'then/ RG. 542 ; 'thun/ RG. 
508 
plur. N. ' theo/ Alys. 3411 ; « the.' RG. 
42 
A. 'the/ RG. 42 

constr. with subst. and adj., 
' the waters.' RG. 374; 'the 
new forest/ lb. 375 
with compar. adj., ■ the bet, the 
worse/ RG. 374 
The, dem.pron. 

sing. N. • the/ 0. and N. 798. neut. 
'that/ RG. 377; 'thet/ 
RG. 387 
D. 'than/ O. and N. 1684 
A. 'thut/ 533 
The, rel. pron. = who 

sing, N. 'the/ 0. and N. 1384, 1612 ; 
'that/ RG. 387; 'thit/ 
HD. 2990 
A. 'that/ RG. 387 
plur. N. 'that/ RG. 387. Alys. 4656 
The, <Mfo. = there. HD. 863 
The, 0. #. = flourish, prosper. HD. 2606 ; 
Alys. 5472; [y-the]. RG. 428; part, 
pres. 'theonige,' for 'theoninge/ 149 
B. ; part. pass, 'ithe^/ 151 B. ; 'y-then/ 
RG. 346. AS.beon 
The, v. a. = do. M. Ode, 44. part. ' that/ 

HD. 1674. Germ, thun 
The, = or, after ' whether/ 0. and N. 

822, 1358, 1360, 1406 
Thede, sb. = country, [theode]. 0. and 
N. 1581. HD. 105; territory. Alys. 
96 ; place. HD. 2890. AS. peod 
Theft, sb. RG. 503 
Thei. See Though 

Thelde, v. a. = tell, give account of. 
Creed of St Athan. 93. ON. J>ylja. AS. 
)>yle. The AS. ]?ylian does not occur in 
this sense 
Then, adv. [thonne]. RG. 115; [thanne]. 
O. and N. 508 

* = when [than]. O. and N. 421 

Thence, adv. gen. of 'then/ [thannes]. 
1141B.; [thanene]. RG.377; [thethen]. 
Ps. cxxxi. 17 
Thene, v. n. = reach to. Rel. S. i. 1. 

AS. jienian 
There, adv. = of place. RG. 367 ; ' thar/ 
O. and N. 1612; 'thore/ Body and 
Soul, 98 

with verbs, ' there has/ RG. 367 

Thereafter, adv. RG. 401 
Thereafterward, adv. Pilate, 110 
Thereagainst, adv. 294 B. 
Thereat, adv. RG. 464 
Thereby, adv. [tharbi]. O. and N. 
244 



Therefore, ado. 

Ps. xxxi. 4 
Therefrom, adv. 
Therehence, 
Therein, 



TH 

RG. 115 ; [thar forn]. 



O. and 



RG. 352 
, adv. 1145 B. 
, uu,v. RG. 387 
Thereof, adv. 100 B. ; [thurofl 

N. 190 
Thereon, adv. 546 B. 
Thereout, adv. RG. 537 
Thereover, adv. 516 B. 
Therethrough, adv. 75 B. 
Thereto, adv. 37 B. 
Thereupon, adv. RG. 393 
Therewith, adv. 272 B. 
Therewithout, adv. 439 B. 
Therne, sb. — a girl. HD. 298 ; O. Sax, 

therna. In the Avowyng of Arthur, st. 

23, the word occurs under the form 

' thorne ' 
Thertekene,= mark thereto. HD. 2878. 

AS. tacnian . 
Thestri, sb. for 'the estrie ' = the ap- 
parition, i. e. of the heavenly host. 

Wright's L. P. p. 96. Pr. estrie 
Thethen, = thence, q. v. 
Thevethorn, sb. = dog rose or wild briar . 

Ps. lvii. 10. AS. |?efe-]?ora 
Thew, adj. = in servitude. HD. 262, 

221 B. AS. )>eow 

vb. See Underthewe 

Thewes, sb. = manners, morals. Wright's 

L. P. p. 23. AS. |>eaw 
Theymen, sb. = thew men or yeomen. 

RG. 330 
Theyn, sb. = teen, hurt ? Rel. Ant. i. 113 
Thick, adj. RG. 412 ; used of air. Alys. 

4079 



v. ». = become thick. Alys. 3855, 

Pr. Sci. 309 
Thief, sb. RG. 277, 428 
Thiefly, adv. [theoflichel. 285 8. Alys. 

4002 J 

Thigg, v. n. = beg. Ps. cviii. 10. HD. 

1373. AS. jucgan, to receive 
Thiggand, sb. = beggar. Ps. xxxix. 18 
Thigh, sb. Tthy]. RG. 244; [theo]. O. 

and N. 1495 ; pi. ' thyes/ RG. 417 ; 

'thes/ HD. 1903. AS. ]?eoh 
Thild, sb. = endurance. Ps. ix. 19. AS. 

J>yld 
Thin, adj. Wright's L. P. p. 37 ; [thunne]. 

Ibid. p. 47 
Thin. See Thou 

Thine, adj. before a cons. RG. 238 
Thing, sb. RG. 367, 379. AS. }>m£ 
= cause, reason ; ' for mine thinge * 

= for my sake. O. and N. 434 
Think, v. n. RG. 397 ; [ithenche]. O. 

and N. 723 ; pret. ' tho^te/ RG. 369 ; 
.83 



TH 



TH 



part, 'itho^t.' 110 B. 1378 B.; AS. 

J>encan 
Think, v. n. = seem. 3 s. pres. ' thunth.' 

0. andN. 1590; 'thimth.' Fr. Sci. 96 ; 

'me thunch.' O. and N. 1647; 'me 

thuncth.' O. and N. 1670 ; pret. ' tho^te.' 

10 B. ; 16 B. AS. fincan 
Thinking, sb. = thought. Ps. xviii. 15 
Thinly, adv. Alys. 5922 
Thinne, v. a. = extend. Ps. lix. 10; 

cvii. 10. AS. |>enian 
Third, adj. Q>rydde]. RG. 397 
Thire, adj. = thy. 0. and N. 429 
Thirle, v. a. = pierce. Wright's L. P. p. 

88. AS. pirlian 
. sb. = hole, henee a privy chamber. 

Ps. civ. 30. AS. ]?irel 
Thirst, sb. [virst]. Body and Soul, 87 
Thirteen. EG. 390 
Thirteenth, adj. [thretteoth], 330 /3 
Thirtieth, adj. RG. 441 
Thirty. RG. 375 
This, dem. pron. 
sing. N. EG. 367 

D. 'thisse.' O. and N. 659; 

'Irasse.' M. Ode, 172 
A. ' this.' Wright's L. P. p. 50; 
' thas.' O. and N. 1440 

plur. N. This = these. Wright's L. P. 

p. 42; 'thuse/ Fr. Sci. 122 

D. and A. 'thenne.' Wright's L. P. p. 23 

Thisterness, sb. = darkness. HD. 2191. 

AS. bysternes. Germ, finsterniss 
Thit, = that. HD. 2990 
Thither, adv. [Jmder]. RG. 543, 387 
Thitherward. RG. 387 
Thixil, sb. = an adze. Ps. lxxiii. 6 ; but 

the AS. J)ixl seems only to mean 'the 

shaft of a waggon.' In Wright's Yocab. 

{). 275, we find ' acia ' (i. e. ascia), trans- 
ated * a tyxhyl ' 
Tho, adv. = then. RG. 384 

= when. O. and N. 1688 

= though, q. v. 

Thole, v. a. — endure. RG. 407, 509 ; 

part. < ytholed.' RG. 24. AS. J>61ian 
Tholemod, adj. = long-suffering. Alys. 

393. Wright's L. P. p. 72. AS. J>61mdd 
Thong, sb. RG. 115 
Thonk, sb. = thought. O. and N. 490 
= will ; 'hire thonkes,' gen. abs. = 

with her will. O. and N. 70, 292 B. 

M. Ode, st. 43. AS. ]?onc, pane 
Thonkyng, sb. = thought. ' neore thonk- 

yng.' Alys. 1660 
Thore, v. n. = dare. 581/3. 2 s. pres. 

'therstou.' 585/3; pret. ' therste.' 895 

B. ON. Jx>ra 

i v. n. = need. 120 (3. 3 s. pres. 

84 



« tharf/ O. and N. 190 ; ' thar.' Ritson's 
AS. viii. 57. AS. pearfan. Germ, diirfen 
Thore. See There 

Thore, ' on thore lay.' Wright's L. P. p. 
95 ; probably, ' on or according to the 
law.' 'Thore' is the dat. sing, of the 
def. art. AS. ^sere 
Thorn, sb. 389 /3 
Thornback, sb. = a fish. HD. 759 
Thorough, prep. See Through 
Thoroughly, adv. = going right through. 

HD. 680 
Thoste, sb. = dung. Pol. S. 237; Ps. 

lxxxii. 11. AS. J>ost 
Thou, sing. N. 'thou.' RG. 115; 'thu.' 
O.and N. 71; ' thow/ 
Alys. 3371 
G. c thin.' 'maugre thin.' HD. 

1128 
A. 'the.' 424 B. 
plur.N. ';e.' 26 B. 

A. '20U.' 583/3; ' eu.' O. and 

N. 1791; 'ow.' Ibid. 1696 

Though, adv. [tho]. RG. 371 ; [thei]. 

RG. 64; [than]. O. and N. 1272; 

[thof]. Creed of St Athan. 79 ; [the?]. 

156 B. 

Thought, sb. 38 and 41 B. Ps. cxviii. 

97 

= care, anxiety. RG. 506. 

Wright's L. P. p. 53 
Thoure, perhaps for ']>o were.' RG. 

534, sed qu ? 
Thousand, adj. RG. 368, 454 

sb. Ps. cxviii, 72 

Thowen, adj. = virtuous. Wright's L. 

P. p. 23. AS. }>eaw 
Thraldom, sb. RG. 12, 480 
Thralhede, sb. = thraldom. RG. 47 
Thrall, sb. = a slave. HD. 1097. AS. 
prsel 

— = subjection, servitude. RG. 143 



Thraying, part. = chastening. Ps. lxxii. 
14; [^raihand]. Ps. cxvii. 18. AS. 
]?reagan 

Threat, v. a. RG. 110; pret. 'thrat.' 
Wright's L. P. p. 53; part, 'thrat.' 
Pol. S. 158 

v. n. Wright's L. P. p. 23 

Threaten, v. a. RG. 457, 501 

Threating, sb. 2107 B. 

Threde, v. a. = either ' dread ' or ' threat- 
en.' 2107 B. Numerous examples of 
the interchange of ' th ' and ' d ' may be 
found in the Romance of Lybeaus Dis- 
conus, in Ritson's Rom. vol. ii. ; as 
' thoghty ' for ' doughty,' ' tho ' for ' do,' 
&c. 

Three. RG. 371 ; [thrinne]. HD. 716 



TH 



TI 



Threpe, v. a. = convict, refute. Ps. xciii. 

10. AS. preapian 
Threstelcock, sb. = thrush. Wright's 

L. P. pp. 40, 43 
Threte, = destroyed, worn out ? Wright's 

L. P. p. 23. Prom AS. ' proten,' part. 

of * preotan,' to vex, oppress, wear out 
Thrice, adv. RG. 490 ; [thrye]. RG. 191 
Thrie, sb. = affliction. HD. 730. AS. 

pryccan, prycnes 
Thriddendele, sb. = third part. Alys. 

5161 
Thrift, sb. Wright's L. P. p. 47 
Thring, v. n. = push, press. O. and N. 

794. AS. pringan 
v. a. = dash to pieces. Ps. lxxii. 

20 ; pret. ' thrange.' Ps. lxxvii. 59 ; 

part. ' thrungen.' Ps. lxxii. 22 ; ' ith- 

runge.' O. and N. 38 
Thrinnes, sb. = Trinity. Creed of St 

Athan. 10, 11. AS. prines 
Thriste, adj. = bold. O. and N. 758. 

AS. prist 
Thrive, v. n. RG. 11. ON. prifaz. Dan. 

trives 
Thrivemon, sb. = a thrifty man. Pol. 

S. 159 
Thriven, adj. = virtuous, good. Wright's 

L. P. pp. 23, 26 ; ' thriven and thro.' 
. Body and Soul, 87 ; ' thryven in thro.' 

Wright's L. P. p. 26, and see p. 39 
Thro, adj. = bold, good. See under 

Thriven. AS. prea 
Throat, sb. Body and Soul, 148. AS. 

prote 
Throatbolle, sb. = windpipe. Rel. S. v. 

173. AS. protbolla 
Throe, sb. [thrawe]. Alys. 606. AS. 

preag 
Throghe, sb. = pit, sepulchre. Ps. lxvii. 

7 ; lxxxvii. 5. AS. pruh 
Throne, sb. 2343 B. ; [trone]. Wright's 

L. P. pp. 26, 47 
Throng, sb. Alys. 3639. AS. pringan 
Through, prep. = on account of. [thurf]. 

21 B.; [thurs]. O. and N. 821; 

[thurch]. O. and N. 1396 
= by means of. [thurth]. O. 

and N. 1426 

= throughout (of time), [thur;]. 



O. and N. 447 

throughout (of place), [poru]. 



RG. 373 



throughout, [poru]. RG. 367 
Throughgo, v. n. Ps. c. 2 ; pret. ' thurgh- 

yhode.' Ps. civ. 18 
Throughout, prep, [poru out]. RG. 416 
adv. = entirely. O. and N. 

877, 878 j [thurfout]. 262 B. 



Throw, sb. = a space of time. RG. 261 ; 

hence ' a turn.' O. and N. 260. AS. 

prag 
Throw, v. a. Rel. S. i. 37 ; pret. ' threw/ 

K. Horn, 1108 ; part. ' ithrow.' P. and 

P. 14 
= throw from a horse. Alys. 2226 ; 

pret. ' threowe.' Alys. 2791 
v. n. = fall from a horse. Alys. 

2224 
Throwing, sb. = unhorsing a knight. 

Alys. 1614 
Thrughe, = a pit. See Throghe 
Thrush, sb. [thruisse]. Cok. 94 
Thrust, v. a. = push out. HD. 1152 
Thrustle, sb. = throstle, or thrush. 

Wright's L. P. p. 26 
Thulke, = this. RG. 373, 549 ; = that. 

RG. 412. Prom AS. pylc, i. e. pyllic, 

the like. It is not used in AS. for the 

dem. pron., but occurs in La^amon in 

this sense 
Thuman, sb. = yeoman. RG. 470 
Thund, adv. = yonder. Pragm. in War- 
ton, H.E.P. vol. i. p. 21 
Thunder, sb. RG. 378 

v. n. Ps. xvii. 14 

Thundering, ' sb. RG. 414 

Thursday. RG. 419, 532 

Thurte, adv. = athwart, across, astride. 

HD. 10. AS. pweor 
Thus, adv. RG. 443 
Thuster, sb. = darkness. O. and N. 198. 

AS. pystru 
Thusterness, sb. = darkness. O. and N. 

369 ; [thisterness]. HD. 2191 
Thuvele, sb. = twigs, underwood. O. and 

N. 278. AS. pufe 
Thy, adj. RG. 238 ; [thire]. O. and N. 

429 
Tide, sb. = time. 37 j8. AS. tid 
v. n. = happen. RG. 418. 1813 B. ; 

[itid]. O. and N. 1254 j 3 s. pres. ' tid/ 

RG. 134 
Tideful, adj. = opportune. Ps. xxxi. 6 
Tiding, sb. — news. RG. 383, 441 
Tie, v. a. part. ' iteid.' 521 /3 
Tiger, sb. Alys. 5227 
Tike, sb. = dog. Pol. S. 238. ON. tik 
Till, v. n. = reach, extend. RG. 8, 151. 

Pr. Sci. 246. Prom ON. til = to ; cf. 

AS. ' till,' an end, object 
Till, v. a. = cultivate. RG. 21, 41. AS. 
, tilian 
Tilling, sb. Pol. S. 149 ; [tailing]. Alys. 

5932 
Tilth, sb. Ps. civ. 12. AS. tilS 
Timber, sb. Alys. 2885 
Timbre, sb. = timbrel. Alys. 191 

85 



TI 



TO 



Time, sb. RG. 9. 370. In Ps. cxxxi. 

5, ' times ' is used for ' brows,' evidently a 

mistranslation of the Latin ' tempora * 
Timeful, adj. = suitable. Ps. cxliv. 15 
Timely, adv. = in good time. RG. 258 
Timing, sb. = time, season. Frasr. in 

Warton, H.E.P.,vol. i. p. 22 
Timpan, sb. = drum. Ps. lxvii. 26 ; Ps. 

cxlix. 3 
Tin, sb. RG. 1, 6 
Tine. See Tende 
Tine, v. a. = lose, HD. 2023. ON. 

tyna 
Tinsel, sb. = perdition, destruction. Ps. 

lxxxvii. 12. ON. tyna 
Tite, adv. = quickly. Ps. cv. 13 ; xxxvi. 

2. AS. tid, tidlice 
Tithe, v. n. = pay tithes : pret. ' tetheiede.' 

RG. 261 
Tithe, 3). a. = grant. RG. 114. AS. 

tiSian 
Tithing, sb. = a division of the hundred. 

RG. 267 
Tithing, sb. = a tenth part [teojung], 

Judas, 135 
Ti^th. See Te 
To, prep. f to this land/ 'to Scotlande. 

RG. 367 

— = towards. ' to men.' RG. 369 

— sign of dative case. RG. 370 

To, adv. = till. Alys. 5902. Ps. xvil 38 

To, adv. = too, q. v. 

To, with infin., ' to fle that cas.' RG. 

367; [te]. RG. 65 
To, = two, q. v. 
Toad, sb. = frog; "pi. 'tade.' Ps. lxxvii. 

45 

= toad. Body and Soul, 210 

To and fro. Body and Soul, 184 
Tobeat, v. a. = beat violently. O. and N. 

1608 
Toberste, v. n.= burst ; part, 'to-borste.' 

Body and Soul, 159 
v. a. = break in two ; pret. ' to- 

barst.' Alys. 2154 
Tobreak, v. %. = break in pieces. RG. 

288,419 

v. n. K. Horn, 1109 

Tobrede, v. a. = enlarge. Ps. iv. 2. AS. 

to-braedan 
Tobrede, v. a. = tear in pieces ; part. ' to- 

brode.' O. and N. 1006. AS. « tobredan' 
Tobrenne, v. a. = kindle. Ps. ii. 13 
Tobrise, v. a. = bruise ; part. * tobrised.' 

HD. 1950 
Tobune, v. a. = strike violently. O. and 

N. 1164. AS. bana, bona 
Tobuste, v. a. = batter, bang. O. and 

N. 1608 
86 



Tobuy, v. a. == buy; pret. 'tobohte/ 

Wright's L. P. p. 93 
Tochine, v. a. = split in pieces. O. and 

N. 1563; part, 'tocoon.' Alys. 573. 

See * tochon,' in Gloss, to La$. AS. to- 

eman 
Tocleave, v, a. pret. 'toclef.' RG. 

17, 401 
Tocome, v. n. = come to, arrive. RG. 367 
Tocrush, v. a. HD. 1992 
Todash, v. a. RG. 540 
Today, 295 (3 

Todele, v. a. = divide. RG. 492, 529 
Todraw, v. a. — tear in pieces, destroy. 

RG. 422. Wright's L. P. p. Ill 

= draw or carry. RG. 509 



Todrive, v. a. = drive away, put to flight. 

RG. 458. Alys. 6216 
Toe, sb. RG. 539 ; pi. < to.' Marg. 46 
Toflatt, part. = flattened. Alys. 5833 
Tonight, sb. = refuge. Ps. xvii. 3 
Tofore, adv. = before. RG. 377 
Toforen, adv. = before. Wright's L. P. 

p. 110 
Tofrusshe, v. a. = smash. HD. 1993 
Tofye, v. n. = dissolve in corruption. 

Wright's L. P. p. 101. ON. fsegja, to 

clean out. See ' Defyyn ' and < Fyin * in 

the Prompt. Parv., and the notes there 
Together, adv. RG. 435 ; [togare]. K. 

Horn, 876 
Tognaw, v. a. Alys. 6119 
Tognide, v. a. = dash, bruise ; pret. ' to- 

gnodded.' Ps. ci. 11. AS. gnidan 
Togo, v. n. 3 pi. pret. ' togane.' Ps. ii. 2 
Tohene, v. a. = vex, scorn. O. and N. 

1127. AS. hynan 
Tohew, v. a. RG. 540 ; pret. * tohewe.' 

Alys. 5704 
Token, sb. RG. 291 
Tokening, sb. = a token, or sign. RG, 396 
= making signs. Alys. 6439 



Toknit,>. a. Ps. cxivi. 3 

Tolene, part. = lent. Wright's L. P. p. 

49 
Toll, sb. = tax. Pol. S. 237. Alys. 3795. 

AS. tol 
Toll, v.a. = tull, allure. O. and N. 1625. 

ON. tulka, allicere 
Tolonst, part. = lanced, pierced. Alys. 

1621 
Tolyvre, v. a. = deliver. Pol. S. 237 
Tomb, sb. RG. 224 
Tome, sb. = leisure. RG. 557. ON. torn 
adj. = vain, useless. O. and N. 

1670. AS. torn. ON. tomr 
Tomehed, sb. = vanity. Ps. xxiv. 4; 



xxxiv. 7 
Tomorrow. 



898 B. 



TO 



TR 



Tomourn, v. n. = mourn. Wright's 

L. P. p. 86 
Toname, sb. = surname. RG. 431. The 

reading ' tuo name ' is clearly an error 
Tone. See Teen 
Tong, sb. O. and N. 156. pi. c tangen,' 

475 j3. AS. tange 
Tongue, sb. 645 B. 
Toningue ? Creed of St Athan. 18. 

Possibly a mistake for ' theoning.' AS. 

peonung, power 
Too, adv. [to] 'to^fewe.' 174 B. 
Tool, sb. = sword. Alys. 815 
Tooth, sb. RG. 407 
Toothed, adj. Alys. 5408 
Top, sb. = spinning top. Alys. 1706. Dan. 

top 
Top, sb. = a lock or curl of wool. 0. and 

N. 428. AS. top 
Top, sb. = head. Marg. 47 

= summit. 339 /3. ON. toppr 

Top, v. n. — wrestle, fight together. Pi- 
late, 15. Dut. toppen. Kil. 
Topaziune, sb. = topaz. Cok. 90. Ps, 

cxviii. 127 
Toqueme, adv. = agreeably. Creed of 

St Athan. 5. See Gloss, to Orm. s. v. 

tocweme 
Toraced, part. = broken in pieces. RG. 

22. ON. rekja, part, rakit, to undo, un- 
weave 
Toraunced, part. = broken in pieces. 

RG. 216. This is probably only another 

form of the preceding word 
Toreave, v. a. = tear ; pret. ' torof.' 

RG. 29 
Torede, v. a. HD. 118 
Torel, sb. == tower. Alys. 3239 
Torend, v. a. Alys. 6622, 7881 
Torforth, = multitudes? Alys. 3205. 

W. torf 
Torive, v. a. = split. Alys. 6217 ; part. 

'toriven.' HD. 1954 
Torment, sb. St Andrew, 18. St Kath. 

165 
Tormenting, sb. St Andrew, 57 
Tormentor, sb. St Andrew, 81 
Tort. See Turd 
Toshake, v. a. O. and N. 1645 
Toshene, v. a.= destroy. O. and N. 

1118. AS. to-scafnan 
Toshiver, v. n. Alys. 2728 

v. a. HD. 1993 

Toslit, v. a. 0. and N. 694 
Tospill, v. a, Ps. xliii. 8 
Tospread, v. a. RG. 160 
Toswolle, part. = swollen. Pol. S. 157 
Tote, v.n.~ look, spy. HD.2104. Swed. 

titta 



Totear, v. a. Alys. 6297 ; pret. r totare.' 

Alys. 4658 ; part. « totorn.' HD. 1948 
Tothriste, adj. = very bold. O. and N. 

171. AS.lnist 
Tothute, vo. pret. = thou hast con- 
founded. Ps. xiii. 6. AS. |>ywan ? 
Totill, v. a. = cultivate. Pr. Sci. 42 
Totorve, v. a. = throw missiles at. O. 

and N. 1164. In v. 1117, ' totorneth ' is 

probably a misprint for ' totorveth.' AS. 

torfian 
Totose, v. n. = hurt, injure. O. and N. 

70; part. 'Mused,' HD. 1948. AS. 

teosu 
Totread, v. a. 3 pi. pret. 'totraden.' 

Alys. 3946 
Totwitch, v. a. = pluck at. O. and N. 

1645. AS. twiccian 
Touch, v. a. 2229 B. 
Touching, sb. St Lucy, 33 
Tough, adj. [ton]. RG. 515; [touit]. 

RG. 510; [to$te]. O. and N. 703; 

[tohte]. O. and N. 1444. AS. toh 
Toupe, sb. = a tup, ram. Ritson's AS. 

viii. 107. Sw. tuppa, a cock 
Tour, sb. = arrangement, business. RG. 

468. Pr. tour 
Tournament, sb. RG. 384, 534 
Tourney, sb. 213 B. 
Tourneying, sb. = jousting in tourna- 
ments. Alys. 1045 
Toute, sb. = rump. Cok. 134. Dut. 

stuit. ON. torta. Cf. Pr. touton. 

Cotgr. 
Toward, prep. = on the side of; 'to- 
ward Normandye.' RG, 2 
adv. = this way ; ' toward, fra- 

ward.' Ps. cxviii. 8 
Tower, sb. RG. 402 
Towhen, adv. = how long? Ps. iv. 3; 

lxxxviii. 47 
Town, sb. RG. 378, 512 
Townsman, sb. Rel. Ant. i. 144 
Towrench, v. a. = extricate. Body and 

Soul, 155 
Towrest, v. a. = force open. Body and 

Soul, 189 
Toyear, = this year. 235 /3. Ritson's 

AS. viii. 183 
Tprot, = interjection of contempt. Pol. 

S. 223 
Trace, sb. ' took a trace ■ = retired. Alys. 

7771. Pr. traxir 
Traitor, sb. RG. 519 
Traitory, sb. = treason. Alys. 3983 
Transcript, sb. 548 B. 
Transmigration, sb. RG. 9 
Trappe, sb. = trappiDgs. Alys. 1606 
Travail, sb. RG: 379, 395 

87 



TR 



TIT 



Trayed, 'part. = annoyed. Alys. 3046. 
AS. trega 

Treachery, sb. EG. 56 

Treachour, sb. EG. 455 

Treacle, sb. [trade]. Cok. 82. See 
Triacle 

Tread, v. a. EG. 132 

= copulate, part. c itrede.' O. 

and N. 501 

Treason, sb. EG. 385, 447 

Treasure, sb. EG. 375 

Treasurer, sb. Alys. 826 

Treasury, sb. EG. 374 

Treble, adj. = triple. Alys. 6606 

Treche, sb. = track. EG.'l45. Pr.trache 

Tree, sb. — EG. 408, 536 ; [trough]. 
Alys. 6829 ; [trowe]. Alys. 6762 

Treisuses. Eel. Ant. ii. p. 176 ; pro- 
bably a - corruption of Pr. 'tres uses;' 
old worn pieces of leather, to the use of 
which the cobblers were restricted in 
mending shoes. The alutarii, or cord- 
wainers, on the other hand, were con- 
fined to the making of shoes with new 
leather 

Trenne, v. a. = separate. Rel. Ant. ii. 
212 

Tresche, sb* = trench. AG. 552 

Trespass, sb. EG. 374, 528 

v. n. Pol. S. 198 

Tressed, adj. Alys. 5409 

Tressure, sb. = tresses. Wright's L. P. 
p. 105 

Treye, sb. = sorrow. Eel. Ant. i. 113. 
AS. trega 

Triacle, sb. = medicine, remedy. Alys. 
5071. Wright's L. P. p. 26 

Trichard, sb. = deceiver. Pol. S. 69 

Trick, v. n. = deceive [trichen]. Pol. S. 69 

Trie, adj. = choice. Cok. 19, 73; Rel. 
Ant. ii. p. 176 

Trifle, sb. EG. 417. Lit. f a small piece,' 
from AS. trifelan, to pound 

— — v. n. part. ' trifling.' St Dunstan, 
74 

Trinity, sb. EG. 532 

Tripe, sb. Alys. 1578. Eel. Ant. ii. p. 
176. Pr. tripe. Ital. trippa 

Trobles. Eel. Ant. ii. p. 176; probably 
a corruption of Pr. 'trobles, waste, 
spoilt leather ; from Pr. f trobler '= cor- 
rompre, gater, Eoq. See Treisuses 

Trod, sb. = tread, or track. Body and 
Soul, 212. AS. trod 

Tromcheri, sb. = trumpery ? Eel. Ant. ii. 
p. 176. Pr. troncer, to break into small 
pieces. Cf. Gawin Douglas's ( trumpis,' 
fragments, which is probably the origin 
of the modern form 
88 



Trome, sb. = a company. HD. 8. AS. 

truma 
Trone. See Throne 
Tronn (sic in MS.), sb. = a steelyard. 

Eel. Ant. ii. p. 176 
Trotevale, sb. = trifling, joke. Body and 

Soul, 146. Lat. titivillitia 
Troth, sb. = betrothal. K. Horn, 694 
Trouble, adj. = troubled, murky. Alys. 

4709 
Troue, sb. = hole. Alys. 7465. Pr. trou 
Trough. See Tree 
Trow, v. a. = believe. EG. 110 
Trowe, sb. = trust, belief. Wright's L. 

P. p. 100. AS. treow 
Trowe. See Tree 
Truage, sb. = fealty. EG. 39, 372 
Truce, sb. EG. 529. AS. triiwa. Pr. 

treve, truwe 
True, adj. EG. 377 
Trueness, sb. EG. 391 
Truly, adv. EG. 93 
Trump, sb. = trumpet. EG. 396 
Trumper, sb. = trumpeter. Alys. 3426 
Trumping, sb. Alys. 925 
Truncheon [tronchon], sb. = part of a 

broken spear. Alys. 3745 
Trundle [trendli], v. n. = roll. O. and 

N. 135. AS. trendel 
Truss, sb. Wright's L. P. pp. 110, 111. 

Pr. torser, trusser 
v. a. — pack up. HD. 2017. Alys. 

990 



= fasten. Alys. 5477 
■ v. n. = prepare oneself. EG. 487. 

Alys. 7160 
Trust, v. a. EG. 468, 469 
v. n. [triste]^ O. and N. 760 ; 

[traiste]. Ps. cxxiv. 1 
Trusty, adj. Wright's L. P. p. 47 
Truth, sb. EG. 388, 457; [trauthe]. 

Creed of St Athan. 4 ; [trauht]. Ibid. 

87 
Try, v. a. = refine, as gold ; part. ' ytried.* 

Alys. 828 
Trysthor, sb. = traitor. EG. 302 
Trywede, sb. = truth, good faith. RG. 

358 
Tubrugge, sb. = townbridge. RG. 543. 

Pol. S. 222 
Tuenge, v. n. = pinch. See Twinge 
Tuesday. EG. 552 
Tug, v. n. Body and Soul, 226 ; part. 

'ytuht.' Pol. S. 220. AS. tcohhian 
Tuke, v. n. = harass, punish. O. and N. 

63. AS. tucian 
Tumble, v. n. Alys. 2465. AS. tumbian 
Tumbrel, sb. = a porpoise. HD. 757. 

Swed. tumlare 



TU 



UN 



Turd, sb. = excrement [tort]. 0. and N. 

1684. AS. tord 
Turf, sb. HD. 939. 0. and N. 1165. 

AS. turf 
Turn, v. n. = return j 'turnde again.' 

RG. 387. 53 B. 

— with ' to ' = become ; e turn to ill.' 



RG. 375 

= turn against a person. 



367 



RG. 



* v. a. = turn one's back on a person. 

RG. 525; part, 'yturned.' RG. 28 

= convert. St Swithin, 10 

Turnay, sb. = tournament. Alys. 141 
Turneying, sb. Alys. 1045 
Turtle, sb. = dove. Ps. lxxxiii. 11. 
• Wright's L. P. p. 26 
Tusk, sb. Ps. lvii. 7. AS. tux 
Twege, sb. == doubt. M. Ode, st. 177. 

AS. tweogan 
Twelfth, adj. RG. 416, 446 
Twelfthnight. Alys. 6403 
Twelve. RG. 18, 492 
Twelvemonth, sb. = year. Pol. S. 71 
Twentieth, adj. RG. 439 
Twenty. RG. 440 
Twere, sb. = doubt, subject of doubt. 

O. and N. 989. AS. tweo. S. Goth. 

twe 
Twibil, sb. = axe. Wright's L. P. p. 110. 

AS. twy-bill 
Twice, adv. [tuye]. RG. 222 
Twifald, v. n. = hesitate. Ps. lxv. 14 ; 

cv. 33 
Twinge, v. a. [tuenge] = pinch. St 

Punst. 81. O. and N. 156 

= persecute. Ps. xvi. 9. Dan. 

tvinge. 
Twinging, sb. = persecution. Ps. xvii. 19 
Twinkling, sb. = ' in the twinkling of an 

eye.' Wright's L. P. p. 106. AS. 

twinclian 

-— = twangling, or tinkling (of 

a harp). Alys. 2572 
Twinne, v. a. = divide. Ps. liv. 10 

v. n. = separate, stand aloof 

from. Ps. xvi. 13. AS. twy 
Two [tuo]. RG. 368 ; [to]. RG. 538 
n. pi. ' tweie.' O. and N. 793 
gen. pi. ' tweire.' O. and N. 886 ; 
'twain.' O. andN. 1475; ' twom.' 
O. andN. 989 
Twom. See Two 

Tyflen, v. a. = adorn. Alys. 4109. Man- 
uel des Pecches, 3204, 3208. ON. typpa. 
Tyfyng, sb. = ornament. Manuel des 

Pecches, 3242 
Tyrant, sb. RG.389.pl. 'tyranne.' Alys. 

7499 



lightening, sb. = dawn, See listening, 

U^ten 
TJmtoen, prep. = around. Wright's L. P. 

p. 35. AS. ymbe 
Umbestonde, adv. = formerly. HD. 

2297. Wright's L. P. p. 46 ' 
Umbewhile, adv. = at times. Wright's 

L. P. p. 49 
TJmbistand, v. a. = surround; pret. 

' umbistode.' HD. 1875 
TJmbiyeden, vb. = surrounded. HD. 

1842 
Umgang, sb. = circuit. Ps. xi. 9 
Umgive, v. a. = surround. Ps. vii. 8 
TJmgo, v. n. = go round ; imper. ' umga ' 

Ps. lviii. 7 
Umgripe, v. a. = embrace. Ps. lxxviii. 8 
XJmklip, v. a. = embrace. Ps. xlvii. 13 
Umlap, v. a. = encircle. Ps. xxxix. 13 ; 

lxx. 11. AS. lseppa, a hem, border 
TJmlock, v. a. Ps. lxxvii. 62 
XJmset, v. a. = surround. Ps. xxi. 13 
TJmshadow, v. a. = overshadow. Ps. 

xc. 4 
Umstanding, sb. = circumstance. Ps. 

cxl. 3 
Umtipped, part. = dressed. Ps. cxliii. 

12. See Tyffen 
TJnalike, adj. 140 (3 
"Unarmed, adj. RG. 543 
Unaware, adj. [unwar, uniwar]. RG. 88 
Unbecomely, adj. K. Horn, 1097 
Unbegotten, adj. [unbelt]. Signa ante 

Jud. 31 
Unbind, v. a. RG. 74, 318; part, 'un- 
bound.' RG. 161 
Unblithe, adj. HD. 141. Wright's L. 

P. p. 30 
Unbold, adj. Wright's L. P. p. 100 
Unborn, adj. Manuel des Pecches, 4857 
Unbought, adj. Rel. Ant. i. 114 

= unrecompensed. M. Ode, 



st. 30 
Unbrede, v. a. = open. Pol. S. 156. 

AS. on-bredan 
Unbroad, adj. [unbrad]. Pol. S. 156 
Unburied, adj. RG. 219, 416 
Unbuxom, adj. = disobedient. Rel. S. 

vi. 10 
Unbuxomness, sb. Manuel des Pecches, 

-3013 
Uncle, sb. RG. 446 
Unclean, adj. RG. 351 
Uncleanness, sb. RG. 434 
Unclothe, v. a. HD. 659 
Uncomely, adj. Body and Soul, 59 

89 



UN- 



US? 



Uncouth, adj. = unknown. Alys. 5993 ; 

= unknowing in an act, sense. Wright's 

L. P. p ; 103 ? AS. uncuS 
Uncunning, sb. 1024 B. 
Under, prep. RG. 480 ; c under that ' = 

until. RG. 451 

v. a. = put under. Ps. xvii. 48 

Under, sb. See Undern 
Underandnes, sb. = harmlessness. Ps. 

vii. 9. AS. derian 
Underdo, v. a. = cheat. K. Horn, 1471 
Underfang, v. a. = take up. RG. 371 ; 

pret. 'underfong' 

. = understand. HD. 115 

= elect. RG. 447 

. = receive, acknowledge. 

RG. 461. Wright's L- P. p. 59 
Underfind, v. a. = discover. Wright's 

L. P. p. 45 
Underfoot. 2031 B. 
Under ganging, sb. = humiliation. Ps. 

xl. 10 
Undergo, v. a. = make to go under. Ps. 

xvi. 13 
Underhand, = under one's hand, in one's 

power. RG. 141 
Underlay, v. a. = put under. Ps. viii. 8 
Underlout, v. n. = bow to. Ps. lix. 10 ; 

xxxvi. 7. AS. underlutan 
Undern, sb. = third hour of the day, or 

9 a.m. 2482 B. ; [under] Wright's L. 

P. p. 41. AS. undern. MG. undaurns 
Undermine, v. a. = take up. Bodv and 

Soul, 111 
Understand, v. a. RG. 386 ; ' Thu nart 

understonde ' = thou dost not under- 
stand. RG. 453 
. v. n. RG. 78 ; 'To under- 
stonde hym ' = suggest to himself or 

devise.' RG. 431 
Understanding, sb. Ps. ex. 10 ; cxviii. 

73 
Underthewe, v. a. = subdue. Alys. 

1406. AS. under |?eowan 
Underwit, v. a. = understand; pret. 

'underwat.' O. and N. 1089 
Undelete, v. a. = understand. RG. 401 ; 

perceive, discover. RG. 165. AS. un- 

der-gitan 
Undeserved, adj.- RG. 54 
Undo, v. a. = destroy. RG. 384, 477 

= open. Wright's L. P. pp. 58, 71 

Undreh, = intolerable ? Wright's L. P. 

p. 41. AS. dreogan 
Uneasily, adv. 2252 B. 
Uneasy, adj. 1482 B. 
Uneaten, adj. [un-y-ete]. 296 (3 
Unelde, sb. = extreme old age. Ps. lxx. 

18 

90 



Unele, sb. = sickness. RG. 377. AS. 

unhgelu 
= wickedness. RG. 384 



adj. = evil. RG. 428 

v. n. ■=■ become sick. RG. 349 

Unfain, adj. Rel. Ant. i. 113 
Unfast, adj. = insecure. Ps. xvii. 27 
Unfele, adj. = evil. O. and N. 1379. 

See c unfsele ' in Gloss, to La}. 
Unfest, adj. = insecure. Ps. xxv. 1 ; 

xxvi. 2 
Unfestand, adj. = insecure. Ps. ix. 4 
Unfete, adj. =not feat, not good. Wright's 

L. P. p. 43. Pr. faiteis 
Unfiled, adj. = undefiled. Ps. xvii. 31 
Unfillandlike, adj. = insatiable. Ps. c. 5 
Unforholde, adj. = unrewarded. Mf 

Ode, st. 30. AS. unforgolden 
Unfree, adj. = niggardly, illiberal. Rel. 

Ant. ii. p. 191 
Unfulmaking, sb. = imperfection. Ps. 

exxxviii. 16 
Ungirt, part. RG. 526 
Unglad, adj. Wright's L. P. p. 29 
Ungood, adj. O. and N. 129. Ps. i. 1 
Ungreithe, Ungreithed, adj. = un- 
ready. Wright's L. P. p. 99. 2241 B. 
Ungrete, sb. = smallness. O. and N. 752 
Unhallowed, adj. RG. 349 
Unhealth, sb. M. Ode, st. 96, 8 
Unhele, v. a. = uncover. Ps. xxviii. 9. 

AS. unhelan 
Unhendly, adv. RG. 412 
Unholde, adj. = unpleasant. Wright's 

L. P. p. 24. AS. unhold 
Unhonest, adj. = foul, indecent. Alys. 

6472 
Unhooded, adj. Ritson's AS. xvii. 126 
= lay, a layman. O. and N." 

1176 
Unhosed, adj. RG. 526 
Unicorn, sb. Alys. 6710. Ps. xxviii. 6 
Unisome, adj. = disunited. O. and Ts T . 

1520 
Uniune, sb. = pearl. Cok. 87. Lat. unio 
Unker, = of us two. See I 
Unkevel, v. a. = uncover. HD. 601 
Unkindly, adv. = against nature or kind. 

HD. 1250 

= cruelly. 1540 B. 

Unkindness, sb. RG. 31 

Unkunde, adj. = not legitimate (of a 

king). RG. 423 
Unkundede, sb. = unkindness. RG. 479 
Unlast, v. n. = not to last. Ps. lxxxix. 6 
Unlaw, v. a. = outlaw. RG. 473. 602 B. 
Unlawfully, adv. Wright's L. P. p. 53 
Unlede, adj. = wicked. O. aud N. 974." 

AS. unlced 



UN 



UN 



Unlength, sb. = want of length. 0. and 

N. 752 
Unliche, adv. = only. Alys. 69 
Unlike, adj. 0. and N. 804 
Unlovesome, adj. Alys. 6423 
Unlust, sb. = misery, want of pleasure. 

Body and Soul, 95 
Unmade, adj. Creed of St Athan. 31 
Unmarried, adj. RG. 31 
Unmeek, adj. Ps. iv. 3 
Unmeet, adj. Wright's L. P. p. 23 
Unmerry, adj. [unmurie]. 0. and N. 346 
Unmethe, sb. = want of moderation. 0. 

and N. 352. AS. unm»te 
Unmight, sb. = weakness. 1443 B. 
Unmighty, adj. Wright's L. P. p. 22 
Unmild, adj. 0. and N. 61; 1497 B, 
Unnait, adj. = vain, useless. Ps. ii. 1. 

AS. unnet 
Unnaitlike, adv. = vainly. Ps. xxxviii. 

12 
Unnaitnes, sb. = vanity. Ps. xl. 7 
Unne, v. a. = love. Wright's L. P. p. 40. 

ON. unna 
Unne, v. n. = grant, allow. M. Ode, 158 ; 

Is. pres. 'an.' 0. and N. 1737. AS. 

unnan 
Unnethe, adv. = scarcely. RG. 377, 491 
Unnoteful, adj. = useless. Ps. Hi. 4 
Unorn, adj. = rude. K. Horn, 328. AS. 

unorne, unornlic 
Unornelske, ado. = rudely. HD. 1941 
Unpared, adj. Pilate, 232 
Unplye, v. a. = unfold. Alys. 3000 
Unquert, sb. = sorrow. Ps. xxx. 13. 

See Quert 

■ adj. = sorrowful. Ps. x. 3 

Unred, sb. = want of wisdom. 0. and N. 

161. AS. mined 
Unreken, adj. = disorderly, bad. Wright's 

L. P. p. 100. AS. ungerec 
Unride, adj. = large. HD. 964; un- 
wieldy. HD. 1795 ; deep, or wide (of 

a wound). HD. 1981, 2673 ; numerous. 

HD. 2947. AS. ungerydu 
Unright, sb. RG. 375, 417 

. adj. 330 B. 

Unrighteous, adj. Ps. v. 6 
Unrighteousness, sb. Ps. xxxvi. 7 
Unrightfulness, sb. 0. and N. 1740 
Unripe, adj. O. and N. 320 
Unroned, adj. = desolate. Ps. lxxviii. 

7. See Rone 
Unroningness, sb. = desolation. Ps. 

lxxii. 18 
Unryde, v. n. = make incursion, attack. 

Manuel des Pecches, v. 904. AS. onridan 
Unsaht, adj. = unreconciled. Wright's 

L. P. p. 42. AS. unsseht 
n 2 



Unseemly, adj. Wright's L. P. p. 31 
Unsele, adj. = miserable, bad. 0. and N. 

1002. AS. unsEel 
Unselines, sb. = misery. Ps. xiii. 3 
Unselthe, sb. = misfortune. M. Ode, 

st. 96. O. and N. 1261 
Unsete, adj. = not good, or right. 

Wright's L. P. pp. 23, 31. AS. unsidu 
Unsewed, part. Pilate, 169 
Unshapen, adj. = uncreated. Creed of 

St Athan. 23 
Unshent, adj. = unpunished. Manuel 

des Pecches, 2733 
Unshrined, adj. RG. 518 
Unshut, adj. Alys. 2767 
Unsithe, sb. = misfortune. 0. and N. 

1162. AS.unsiS 
Unsode, adj. = unsodden, unboiled. O. 

and N. 1005 
Unspeedy, adj. Ps. lxxxviii. 35 
Unspring, v. n. = open ? Alys. 2902 
Unspurn, v. a. = kick open. K. Horn, 

1106 
Unstable, adj. RG. 510 
Unsteadfast, adj. Moral Ode, st. 122 
Unstoken, part. = unfastened. Alys. 



Unstrength, sb. = weakness. 0. and N. 

151 
Unstrong, adj. O. and N. 561 
Unswere, v. a. = free from oppression. 

Pragm. in Warton, H.E.P. vol. i. p. 

22 
Unthank, sb. gen. abs. ' unthank his ' = 

against his will. Body and Soul, 215. 

Cf. ' his thonkes,' &c. s. v. Thonk. AS. 

unpanc ; and see the Gloss, to La^amon 

and the Ormulum, s. v. Unthanc 
Untheand, adj. = disobedient. Rel. S. 

vi. 9. AS. fewian 
Unthenfol, adj. = unthankful. Pol. S. 

159 
Unthewe, sb. = bad manners, vice. 

Wright's L. P. p. 73. O. and N. 194. 

AS, un]?eaw 
Untholandlik, adj. = unendurable. Ps. 

cxxiii. 5. AS. J)61ian 
Untid, sb. = unfitness, that which is un- 
seasonable, or wrong. Body and Soul, 

43 ; AS. untid 
Untie, v. n. = become untied [untuen]. 

Wright's L. P. p. 101 
Untilled, adj. RG. 372 
Untime, sb. = wrong time. Manuel des 

Pecches, 2965 
Unti^th, sb. = lit. want of discipline ; 

hence wrong, wickedness. Body and 

Soul, 107. AS. tyht 
Untoun, adj. = lit. ' not suited to the 

91 



UN 



VA 



Wright's L. P. p. 101. 



town;' hence, rude, uncivil. Wright's 

L. P. p. 32 
Untrue, adj. Wright's L. P. p. 32 
Untrueness, sb. = wickedness. M. Ode, 

135 
Unused, adj. BG. 214 
Unwarned, adj. = undefended. BG. 51 
Unwate, sb. = misfortune. O. and N. 

1265, 1196. AS. hwatu, auguries; hence, 

unhwatu, bad auguries, misfortune 
Unwater, v. a. = give out water. Ps. 

lxxvii. 20 
Unwatery, adj. Ps. lxii. 3 
Unwelde, sb. = weakness. Ps. lxx. 9 
Unwemmed, adj. = unspotted, undefiled. 

Ps. xviii. 8 
Unwight, sb. = wretch. O. and N. 33, 

218 
Unwill, adj. = desirable. 0. and N. 347. 

AS. onwill 
Unwill, adj. = unpleasant. 0. and N. 

422. AS. unwilla 
Unwisdom, sb. Ps. xxi. 3 ; lxviii. 6 
Unwise, adj. 

Pol. S. 153 
Unwitandnes, sb. = ignorance. Ps. 

xxiv. 7 
Unworshiply, adv. Manuel des Pecches, 

980 
Unworth, sb. 654 B. 

adj. 653 B. 

Unworthy, adj. KG. 412. 0. and N. 

339 
Unwraste, adj. = weak, wicked. Wright's 

L. P. p. 37. Alys. 878 ; [unwerste]. 

O. and N. 178. AS. unwrest. ON. 

hres, spirited; ohres, languid, weak. 

See the Gloss, to La^amon and the 

Ormulum, s. v. 
Unwre, v. a. = discover. BG. 508. See 

Unwreon 
Unwrench, sb. = trick, evil design. 0. 

and N. 169. Bel. S. v. 94. AS. unwrenc 
Unwreon, v. a. = unfold. Alys. 336 ; 

part. ' unwro^.' O. and N. 846 
Un wrought [unwro3ten], adj. = un- 
done, destroyed. O. and N. 162 
Unwunne, sb. = sorrow. Wright's L. P. 

p. 47 
Up, = upon ; prep. BG. 321, 437 

adv. BG. 143 

Upbear, v. a. Alys. 5163 ; part. ' upborn.' 

Ps. cxxx. 1 
Upbraid, v. a. 1784 B. 
Upbraiding, sb. Ps. xxxviii. 9 
Updraw, v. a. Alys. 26-33 
Upe. See Upon 
Upfeng, v. a. = take up; pret. 'upfang.' 

Ps. cxvii. 13 
92 



Upheave, v. a. = lift up. Ps. iii. 4 ; part. 

' uphoven.' Ps. lxxiv. 11 

v. n. = rise. Ps. vii. 7 

Upland, sb. Manuel des Pecches, ] 318 

Uplift, v. a. Ps. lxxxvii. 16 

Upon, prep. Wright's L. P. p. 26 ; [upe]. 

BG. 505, 506 
Upperest, adj. Alys. 7068 
Uprear, v. a. Ps. cxliv. 14 
Uprise, v. n. Ps. vii. 7; pret. 'upras.' 

Ps. cxxxviii. 18 ; part. ' uprisynde.' Alys. 

2270 
Uprising, sb. BG. 379. P. and P. 6 
Upstand, v. n. = stand up. Ps. ii. 2 
Upsteghing, sb. Ps. ciii. 3 
Upstie, v. n. = go up. pret. ' upstegh. 

Creed of St Athan. 75 
Uptake, v. a. BG. 387 ; pret. ' uptoke.' 

Ps. xxvi. 10 
Upward, adv. BG. 321 
Urling, sb. = edge. Ps. cxxxii. 2. Pr. 

orle. Ital. orlo 
Urne, v. n. = run. 0. and N. 638 ; pret. 

' ourne.' BG. 405 ; ' orn.' Wright's 

L. P. p. 58 ; part. ' urmynde,' a mistake 

for ' urnynge.' BG. 402 ; ■ y-eornd.' 

Alys. 4357. AS. yrnan 
Usage, sb. = custom. Alys. 4211. BG. 

191 
Use, v. a. Alys. 5256; part, 'y-used.' 

476 B. 
Usurer, sb. Manuel des Pecches, 2453 
Ute, adv. = let us ; used with verbs. M. 

Ode, st. 168. AS. ute 
Utenlad, sb. = a foreigner. HD. 2153. 

AS. utlsend 
Uthalve, adv. = on the outer part. O. 

and N. 110 
Uthest, sb. = outcry. 0. and N. 1696 
Utschute, sb. = outbreak, excess. O. 

and N. 1466. AS. utscyte 
Utterest, adj. = iittermost. Ps. cxxxiv. 

7 
Uvel. See Evil 
U^ten, sb. = morning, the dawn. K. 

Horn, 1424. AS. uhta 
U^tening, sb. = the dawn. Ps. c. 8 ; 

lxxii. 14 



Vacant, adj. BG. 472 

Vad, adj. = dirty, faded. Fragm. Sci. 273 

Valley,' sb. BG. 55 

Vault, sb. = cellar. Alys. 7210. Pr. 

volte, from Lat. volutus, volvere 
Vauntward, sb. BG. 457 
Vavassor, sb. = a subtenant of a fief, or 



VA 



WA 



tenant paravail, who held of a mesne 
lord. Alys. 3827. Ducange derives it 
from vassus vassorum 

Vawe, = fain, q. v. 

Va^t, f vor va$t;' probably a mistake for 
* vor nast,' or ' vor nost.' RG. 253 

Vein, sb. RG. 28. Alys. 2414 

Veir, adv. — truly. Alys. 1001, 5676; 
'in veire.' Alys. 5679 

Velasour, sb. A corruption of ' valvassor,' 
another form of ' vavassor.' Alys. 3305 

Vengeance, sb. RG. 333, 429 

Venison, sb. RG. 243. Alys. 6353 

Venom, sb. RG. 43, 106. Fr. venin. 
Lat. venenum 

adj. = envenomed. Alys. 2860 

Venomed, part, [i-wenemyd], Legend of 
St Patrick, in Warton, H.E.P. vol. i. p. ] 7 

Venomous, adj. 440 B. 

Veolthe, = filth, q. v. 

Verade, sb. = a multitude. K. Horn, 172. 
AS. werod 

Verament, adv. = truly. Alys. 1346 

Verdict, sb. RG. 141 

Verger, sb. = orchard. Alys. 1938. Fr. 
vergier, from ' vert ' 

Vermin, sb. Alys. 6128 

Verse, sb. 219 /3 

Verss, = fresh, q. v. 

Vert, v. n. = go to harbour among fern, 
said of a buck. Ritson's AS. iii. 8. Fr. 
vert ? 

Vestment, sb. 954 B. 

Vetuse, adj. = old. Alys. 7948. Lat. 
vetus 

Vice, sb. RG. 195 

Victual, sb. [vitaile]. Alys. 5817 

Vie, sb. = life. Marg. 1 

Vie, v. n. = succeed, do well. Fr. Sci. 
319; 658 B. Fr. voie, avoier, to ex- 
cite, irritate; hence, challenge; and 
lastly, to succeed in a contest. See Bur- 
guy, s. v. Voie 

Vigorous, adj. Alys. 6923 

Vigour, sb. — strength. Alys. 1431. Lat. 
vigor 

Vigour, sb. = idol. See Figure 

Vile, adj. RG. 435, 506; comp. 'vyllo- 
ker' = viler. 2500 B. 

v. a. =■ make vile. part. * y viled.' RG. 

Vilely, adv. RG. 435, 519 
Villany, sb. RG. 536, 547 
Vilte, sb. = vileness. RG. 519 
Vine, sb. Manuel des Pecches, 884 



Vintner, 



RG. 542 



Vintry, sb. RG. 542 
Violence, sb. 924 B. 
Virgin, sb, 2342 B. 



Virgin, adj. = pure. Alys. 334 

Virst. See Thirst 

Virtue, sb. RG. 86 

Virtuous, adj. = valorous. Alys. 2408 ; 
great, powerful. Ibid. 5244 

Vis, sb. = visage. Alys. 267, 5954 

Visage, sb. Alys. 6425 

Vision, sb. RG. 363, 428 

Visitation, sb. Manuel des Pecches, 2103 

Voice, sb. RG. 283 

Void, v. a. = empty. Alys. 373 

Vorsuolwe, = swallow. See Forswallow 

Vouchsafe, v. a. = vouch a person safe. 
Pol. S. 199 

Vow, v. n. Manuel des Pecches, 2806 

Vow, sb. RG. 477 

Vowel, sb. Rel. Ant. ii. 174 

Vowson. See Advowson 

Voyage, sb. RG. 392 

Vyen, part. = fixed. Fragm. apud War- 
ton, H. E. P. vol. i. p. 24. AS. fegan 

Vygour. See Figure 

Vyssare, = fisher, q. v. 

Vysseth, sb. = fishing. RG. 264 



W. 

Wa,&e,v.n. = go. RG. 99. HD. 2654; 

[wedej. HD. 2641. AS. wadan 
Wag, v. a. = move. HD. 89. AS. wagian 
v. n. [wawen]. Alys. 1164. Fr. 



Sci. 342 
Wager, sb. Pol. S. 218 
Wagh, sb. = a wall. Ps. lxi. 4. AS, 

wah 
Wail, v. n. pret. f waile.' Alys. 4653 
Wailing, sb. Alys. 7883, 2365 
Wain, sb. RG. 416. AS. wsegen 
Wait, sb. = musician. Alys. 4312, 7769 
= sentinel. Ritson's AS. viii. 143 



Wait, v. a. = watch. Wright's L. P. p. 

91 
Waiten, v. n. = keep watch. HD. 1754 
Wake, v. a. = awaken, pret. ' weute.* 

446/3; < wight.' Alys. 2925 
v. n. = be awake. 681 B. AS. 

wacan 
Wake, v. a. = watch. 2215 B. AS. 

wseccan 
Waken, v. n. = awake. HD. 2164 
Waker, sb. = a person apt to wake. Fr. 

Sci. 286 
Wale, v. a. = choose. Wright's L. P. p. 

33. Germ, wahlen 
Walk, v. n. K. Horn, 981 ; pret. ' welk.' 

Wright's L. P. p. 100. AS. weallian. 

Germ, wallen, to go 

=s travel ; part. ' iwalken.' Marg 49 

93 



WA 



WA 



Walken, = welkin, q. v. 

Walker, sb. = a fuller, or wliitener of 

cloth. 1135 B. AS. wealcere. Ital. 

gualcare, to full 
Wall, sb. RG. 549, 555 

v.a. Alys. 2658 

Walled, adj. Alys. 6068 
Wallyng, = boiling. See Well, vb. 
Wan, adj. = pale. Wright's L. P. p. 93 ; 

[won]. Ibid. p. 28. AS. wonn, wan 
Wand, sb. RG. 290. ON. vondr 
Wander, v. n. Pol. S. 240 
Wandreth, sb. [wondred] = sorrow. 

Pol. S. 150. ON. vandreedi 
Wane, v. n. Ps. ix. 7. AS. wanian 
Wane, sb. = want. M. Ode, 179 ; [wone]. 

Wright's L. P. p. 30. AS. wana 
Wanene. See When and Whence 
Wanhope, sb. = despair, want of hope. 

RG. 323 
Want, v. n. = wish ? RG. 468 
Want,*;, n. = be wanting, pret. ' wondede.' 

Ps. xxii. 1 
Want, v. a. = be without, lack. Wright's 

L. P. p. 44. AS. wana, a deficiency 
War, sb. RG. 374 
v. n. = [worry], make war. RG. 

370; pret. < werrede.' RG. 77 
v. a. =. war against a person or 

thing, pret. 'worrede.' RG. 371, 70; 

part, 'ywerred.' RG. 3; 'iworred.' 

Ibid. 
Ward, sb. = guard. RG. 461 

= division of an army. Alys. 



1996 



RG. 41, 491 

RG. 314, 436 
= wares. HD. 52 ; reward. 

AS. waru 



Warden, sb. 
Ware, sb. = 

Pol. S. 192. 
Ware, sb. = thing, affair. Moral Ode, st. 

32 (Hickes); but the Egerton MS. 

st. 34, reads ' gare,' i. e. gear 
Ware, a collective term, 'watres ware.' 

Ps. xvii. 16; 'windes ware.' Ibid. v. 

11 ; probably the AS. ware 
Ware, sb. = spring. Ps. lxxiii. 17. Lat. 

ver. O. Engl, veer 
Ware, adj. Wright's L. P. pp. 30, 103 ; 

[yware]. RG. 388 ; [iwarte]. O. and 

N. 1219. AS. w&r 
Warentment, sb. = military apparel. 

Al^s. 7943. Pr. garnement 
Wariness, sb. [iwarnessl. O. and N. 

1226 
Waring, sb. = price. Ps. xliii. 13 
Warison, sb. = reward. Alys. 2512. 

Pr. guerison 
Warn, v. a % = advise a person. HD. 2834. 

AS. warnian 
94 



Warn, v. a. = refuse a thing to a person. 

RG. 367, 550 

= hinder. 1274 B. 

Warned, adj. = defended, said of a city. 

Ps. xxx. 22 ; fortified. Ps. cvii. 11 
Warnesture, sb. = garrison. RG. 94 
Warrant, v. a. = insure safety to a per- 
son, keep harmless. Alys. 2132 
Warp, v. a. = throw. HD. 1061 ; 3 s. 

pres. ' werth.' HD. 1176 ; place [worp]. 

O. and N. 596 ; pret. ' warp.' O. and 

N. 45 
= strike, part, 'iworpe.' O. and 

N. 1119. AS. weorpan 
Warring, sb. = fighting. Alys. 6095 
Warring, sb. = cursing. Manuel des 

Pecches, 1289 
Warrior, sb. Alys. 1461 
Warye, v. a. = curse. See Werien 
War^treo, sb. = cursed tree, gibbet. 

2233 B. AS. werg, accursed 
Was. See Be 
Was, = whose. See Who 
Wash, v. a. RG. 435 ; [whosshe]. 

Wright's L. P. p. 70; pret. ' wosh.' 

273 /3; c wesche.' Ps. lxxii. 13 
Wassail, sb. RG. 117 

v.n. HD. 2098 

Waste, sb. = reckless spending. RG. 



376 



wilderness. Alys. 7121 



v.a. RG. 136 



Wastel, sb. = cake of fine flour. HD. 
779 

Wasteyn, sb. = wilderness. Manuel des 
Pecches, 1767 

Wate, sb. = luck, hap, that which is fore- 
told. RG. 34, 411. AS. hwatu, divin- 
ation 

Water, sb. RG. 371, 402 

v. a. Ps. lxxvii. 15 

Watercress, sb. Alys. 5767 

Waterdog, sb. Alys. 5771 

Waterless, adj. Ps. cvi. 25 

Wathe, sb. = torment. Ps. cxiv. 3. AS. 
wite 

Watloker, = much rather. See What- 
loker. 

Wave, sb. 525 /3; [wawe]. Alys. 5018. 
AS. wseg, waSuma 

Wawe, v. a. = move. RG. 207. Alys. 
2634. AS. wegan, wagian 

Wawe, v. n. = wag, q. v. 

Wawing, sb. = motion. Pr. Sci. 385 

Wax, sb. Pol. S. 151. AS. weax 

Wax, v. n. RG. 9, 442 ; part. * ywox.' 
RG. 412. AS. weaxan 

Waxing, sb. Pr. Sci. 335 

Way, sb. = road. RG. 7, 391; < to fly 



WA 



WE 



his way.' 0. and N. 308. ' Do way, 5 an 
expression like onr ' Get along with yon.' 
Alys. 7646 ; pi. ' weyre.' Body and 
Soul, 63 

Way, sb. = mass ? Bitson's AS. viii. 31. 
AS. waecg 

Wayle, sb. = a girl. Wright's L. P. p. 
38. AS. wylcn 

Waynoun, a proper name ? Wright's 
L. P. p. 47 

Wayte, sb. See Wait 

Wayteglede, = watch-the-fire, i. e. one 
who sits in the chimney corner, poking 
over the fire ? Wright's L. P. p. 47. Cf. 
the Norse phrase Kolbitr ; and see the 
Introduction to Dasent's Popular Tales 
from the Norse, pp. lxxx — lxxxii. 1st 
Edit. 

We. See Woe 

We. See I 

We. See With 

Weak, adj. HD. 1012 

Weal,**. 1277 B. 

Wealth, sb. Ps. lxxii. 12 

Weapon, sb. HD. 1436. 0. and N. 1367 

Wear, v. a. BG. 390 ; pret. ' werede.' 
BG. 434 

Weariness, sb. BG. 240 

Weary, adj. BG. 19 

Weather, sb. BG. 560 

Web, sb. Pr. Sci. 315 

Webbe, sb. = weaver. Pol. S. 188 

Wed, sb.— pledge. Pol. S.151. Wright's 
L. P. p. 110. BG. 393. AS. wed 

Wed, v. a. = marry. BG. 295, 439 ; 
said of the priest who marries two per- 
sons. Pol. S. 159. AS. weddian, wed 

Wedbreak, sb. = adulterer. Ps. xlix. 18 

Wedding, sb. St Lucy, 88. Manuel des 
Pecches, 1712 

Wede, vb. = wade, go. See Wade 

Wedlock, sb. Marg. ] 1 

Wednesday. RG. 509 

Wee. See Woe 

Weed, sb. = garment. BG. 560. AS. wad 

Weed, sb. = herb. Alys. 796. AS. weod 

Week, sb. BG. 113; pi. 'wouke.' BG. 
387. AS. weoc 

Weeles. See Well, sb. 

Ween, v. n. = think. BG. 369. O. and 
N. 237. 2 s. pres. ' wanst.' 0. and N. 
1642. AS. wenan 

v. a. = impute. Ps. xxxi. 2 

Weep, v. n. BG. 420; [wyppen]. 0. 
and N. 1064 

Weeping, sb. BG. 405. Wright's L. 
P. p. 30 ; [wyping]. Ibid. p. 85 

Wef, sb. = whiff or scent. Body and 
Soul, 56. AS. wiffan 



Weight, sb. = a measure, weight. Vs. 

lxi. 10. AS. weeg 
Weir, sb. Ps. cxiii. 8 ; [wore]. Wright's 

L. P. p. 28. AS. wser 
Welaway, inter j. 1179 B. 
Welcome, adj. BG. 508 

v. a. 473 B. 

Welde. See Wield 

Welk, v. n. = fade, become pale. Ps. 

lxxxix. 6. See Weolewe 
Welkin, sb. = the skv. Wright's L P. 

p. 114; [walken]. Alys. 5799. Ps. cl. 

1 ; dat. s. < weoluce.' 0. and N. 1680. 

AS. welcn, wolcen 
Well, adj. = good. 89 B. 

adv. BG. 375. 0. and N. 31 

= rightly. Bel. S. i. 20 



Well, sb. (of water). BG. 1. Wright's 

L. P. p. 94 ; pi. ' weeles.' Ps. xvii. 5. 

AS. well, wyl 
Well, v. n. = boil, well up. Wright's L. 

P. p. 40 ; [walle]. BG. 28 ; pret. ' wal.' 

Body and Soul, 23 8 ; part. ' wallyng.' 

Alys. 1622. AS. weallan 

v. a. = boil. Marg. 60 

Wellnigh, adv. = almost. O. and N. 44 
Wellquemand, part. = pleasing. Ps. 

xci. 15 
Wellqueme, sb. = pleasure. Ps. lxxxviii. 

18 ; cv. 4 
Wellquemeness, sb. = pleasingness. Ps. 

cxl. 5 
Wellset, n. a. Ps. civ. 9 ; cxi. 5 
Wellsetting, sb. Ps. cxviii. 91 
Welly, adv. = kindly. Ps. 1. 20 
Wem, sb. = a spot or scar. BG. 336. 

St Kath. 151. AS. wem, womm 
Wem, v. a. = to defile, corrupt. Ps. 

lxxxviii. 35 ; [wemmy]. BG. 206 ; part. 

'wemmed.' Ps. xv. 10. AS. wemman 
Wemed, adj. 'prout weraod' = with a 

proud stomach. Pr. Sci. 285. c Wem' 

is still used for f womb ' in the North of 

England. AS. wamb 
Wemless, adj. = spotless. Creed of St 

Athan. 6. Ps. xiv. 2 
Wemmand, sb. = sinner. Ps. cxviii. 158 
Wemmedness, sb. Ps. c. 3 
Wemming, sb. BG. 336 
Wemmy, v. a. = defile. See Wem, vb. 
Wench, sb. Cok. 139. Ps. lxvii. 26. 

AS. wencle. See Gloss, to Orm. s. v. 

wenchell 
Wend, v. n. — go. BG. 8. AS. wendan 
= turn (as in bed). Wright's L. 

P. p. 28 

v. a. = turn. HD. 2138 ; change. 



Wright's L. P. p. 91 
Wending, sb. = departure. Alys. 920 



WE 



WH 



Wene, adj. == frequent, rife ? Pol. S. 

150. AS. wune, custom. Dut. wennen 
Weole, sb. = wealth. Pol. S. 156. AS. 

weola 

= happiness ? Wright's L. P. p. 44 

Weolewe, v. n. = fade, become pale. 

Wright's L. P. p. 50. AS. wealwian 
Wepmon, sb. = man. Pol. S. 153. 0. 

and N. 1377. AS. wsepman 
"Were. See -Be 
Werej v. a. = defend. HD. 2298. Alys. 

5836; [werye]. Alys. 3533. AS.werian. 

Germ, wehren 
Were, sb. = man, husband. 0. and N. 

1339. AS. wer 
Werewed, part. = worried, killed ? HD. 

1915 
Werien, v. a. = curse. 0. and N. 1172 ; 

[werre]. Manuel des Pecches, 1291 ; 

[warye]. Id. 1292. AS. werigan 
Werth, = throweth. See Warp 
Weryying, sb. = protection. Wright's 

L. P. p. 75. Ps. xxi. 20; [weryng]. 

Alys. 2798. AS. werian 
West. RG. 544 
West, vb. = shows? Alys. 238. AS. 

wisian 
Westerness, sb. = the West country. 

K. Horn, 949 
Westward, adv. RG. 20 
Wet, sb. Pr. Sci. 136. AS. wait 
v. a. Wright's L. P. p. 31 ; pret. 

'watte/ RG. 322 ; part. f wet.' Wright's 

L. P. p. 30 
v. n. = become wet. Wright's L. P. 

p. 36 

adj. [wete]. Wright's L. P. p. 85 

Wete, v. n. = weep. Wright's L. P. p. 84 
Wether, sb. Ps. Ixiv. 14. RG. 52. AS. 

wefter 
Weve, v. a. = make to go, cut off ; part. 

' weved,' ' yweved.' Alys. 3839, 3807 
Weve, v. n. = go, move. RG. 64. Another 

form of ' wawe,' ' wave,' ' wag ' 
Weved, sb. = altar. RG. 369, 419, 433. 

AS. weofod 
Weye, sb. = woe, q. v. 
We$9, v. a. = carry, 0. and N. 1020. 

AS. wegan 
Whale, sb. [hwal]. HD. 755 ; [quail. 

HD.753. AS. hwad 
Whalebone, sb. [whalles bone]. Wright's 

What, interr, pron. O. and N. 1438 

rel. pron. 0. and N. 1439 

interj. 0. and N. 1296 

What— what, = some — some. RG. 402 
Whate, adv. — quickly. Alys. 2639. 
AS. hweet 
96 



Whatkin, adj. = what kind of. Ps. lv. 10 
Whatloker, adj. = much rather. RG. 

429, 357. 1249 B. (?) AS. hwaetlic, 

comp. hwsetlicor 
Wheat, sb. Alys. 5193. AS. hwsete 
Wheel, sb. RG. 408. AS. hweol 
Whelp, sb. Ps. ciii. 21. AS. hwelp 
When, adv. [wanne]. # RG. 367, 378 ; 

[hwenne]. Rel. S. iv. 1 ; [hwannel. 

O. and N. 1416; [hwan]. 0. and N. 

1468 ; [whan]. 290 j8 ; [wane]. 0. and 

N. 521 ; [wone]. O. and N. 324 
Whence, adv. gen. of ' when ; ' [whonene]. 

O. and N. 138; [wanene]. O. and N. 

1298; [whannes]. 288/3; [whethen]. 

Ps. cxx. 1 
Where, adv. [war]. RG. 40. O. and 

N. 526; [whar]. 1078 B. 
Whereby, adv. [warbi]. RG. 101 
Wherefore, adv. 126 B. 
Whereof, adv. RG. 405 
Wheresoever, adv. 1389 B. 
Wherethrough, adv. [war Vorvi]. RG. 

432 
Whereto, adv. 447 B. 0. and N. 464 
Whet, v. a. = sharpen ; part. ' y-whet.' 

Alys. 6607. AS. hwettan 
Whethen, = whence, q. v. 
Whether, adv. RG. 16 ; [whar]. 67 B ; 

* whether — the ' = whether — or. 0. 

and N. 1358, 1360 

adj. RG. 408 

Whey, sb. [wei]. 0. and N. 1007. AS. 

wseg 
Which, rel. pron. RG. 472 ; [hwucche]. 

O. and N. 934 ; [wuch]. O. andN. 1376 

= what. 974 B. RG. 454 

While, sb. = time. 0. and N. 1589 
with the def. art. = whilst [\>e 

wule]. RG. 377 
Whilom, adv. = formerly (dat. pi. of 

while). Wright's L. P. p. 87 
Whine, v. n. [wonie]. O. and N. 973. 

AS. wanian. Dut. weynen 
Whining, sb. [wonyng]. O. and N. 311 
Whistle, v. n. Aiys. 5348, 5263. AS. 

hwistlian 
White, adj. RG. 2, 228 ; [with]. HD. 

48 

sb. = white of an egg. HD. 240 



Whiten, v. a. Ps. 1. 9 
Whither, adv. 693 B. 
Whitherward, adv. 59 B. 
Who, rel. pron. [hool. RG. 40 ; [hwo] 
0. and N. 1193 
gen. ' was. 5 RG. 475 
dat. and ace. ' whom. 1 RG. 10 ; 
'wham.' 116 B. ; 'hwarn.' Rel. S 
ii. 2 ; ' hwan.' 0. and N. 1508 



WH 



WI 



Who, = one, ' as who seith ' = as one 

saith. RG. 328 ; c alle ho ' = every one. 

0. and N. 66 
Whole, adj. — sound. RG. 377. 676 /3 
Whore, sb. RG. 279 
Whoredom, sb. RG. 241, 479 
Whoreling, sb. Rel. S. vii. 29 
Whoreson, sb. Alys. 880 
Whoso, pron. Wright's L. P. p. 26 ; 

[whose]. Ibid. p. 114 
Why, interr. [wu]. RG. 307; [hwi]. O. 

and N. 1256 ; [wi]. O. and N. 1232 
rel. ado. O. and N. 474; [whi]. 

1573 B: 
Wick, adj. — wicked. RG. 208. From 

AS. waec, weak 
= bad, wretched ; ' wikke clothes.' 

HD. 2458 
Wicke, adj. 'wicke tune,' 0. and N. 730, 

means probably ' establishments.' From 

the AS. wic-tunas 
Wicked, adj. Wright's L. P. pp. 24, 30 ; 

' a wicked weed ' = a wretched garment. 

Serm. 40 
Wickedness, sb. Pol. S. 230 
Wickehede, sb. = wickedness. Body 

and Soul, 43 
Wicket, sb. K. Horn, 1106. Fr. gui- 

chet 
Wiclik, ado. = wickedly. Ps. xliii. 18 
Wide, adj. RG. 410. 
Widow, sb. HD. 79. AS. wuduwe 
Wield, v. a. = govern, rule. 816 B. ; 

Twolde]. RG.147 
Wife, sb. RG. 26, 380 
Wigeling, sb. = an out-of-the-way 

place ? Ps. cvi. 40. AS. wicelian, to 

stagger, to go out of the direct road 
Wight, sb. = a man. RG. 533. 470 /3. 

AS. wiht 
Wight, adj. = active. HD. 9 ; [with]. 

HD. 1756; comp. ' wyghtyore.' Alys. 

2396. Swed. vig 
ado. = immediately, quickly. 

Wright's L. P. p. 44 
Wighth, sb. = a space of time. Alys. 

5362 ; a space. Ps. viii. 6. AS. wuht, 

wiht 
Wightness, sb. = valour, activity. Alys. 

5001 
Wike, sb. = dwelling. O. and N. 604. 

AS. wic 
Wike, sb. = office, duty. O. and N. 603 ; 

station. Alys. 4608. See GL . to Orm. 

s. v. Wikenn 
Wike, v. n. = be weary. Wright's L. P. 

p. 87. AS. wican 
Wikness, sb. = wickedness. Ps. v. 5 
Wil, adj. = wild, uncertain. HD. 1042 
o 



Wild, adj. = fierce. RG. 374, 540; ' wild 
beasts.'' RG. 375 

Wilderness, sb. = a desolate place. RG. 
15 

Wildfire, sb. RG. 410 

Wile, sb. = trick, deceit. Ritson's AS. 
viii. 180. AS. wile 

Wilful, adj. RG. 359 ; [willesful]. RG. 
77 

■ = voluntary. Ps. lxvii. 10 

Wilfully, adv. == without a cause. Ps. 
xxxiv. 7 ; lxviii. 5 

Will, sb. RG. 367 

v. n. = wish. RG. 384 ; pret. ' wolde.' 

RG. 550 

Will, v. anx. pres. 1 s. * wole.' 39 B. 
2 s. <wolt.' 40 B.; 'wit.' O. and N 
499; 3 s. c wule.' O. and N. 1360 
'wile.' O. and N. 1358; pret. 3 s 
'wolde/ 17 0; 2 s. 'woldest.' 35 B 
' Will ' is constantly used with the infin 
of the verb to form an imperative, as 
'nil ]?ou ni]?e , = strive not. Ps. xxxvi. 
8, and cf. Ps. lxxiv. 5, 6 

Willesful, = wilful, q. v. 

Willing, sb. Rel. Ant. ii. 212 

Wilne, v. n. = wish. RG. 217. AS. wil- 
nian 

v. a. = covet, desire. RG. 46 ; 



part. ' y-wilned ' RG. 309 
Wimple, sb. Marg. 47. AS. winpel 
Win, v. a. = subdue, get possession of 

[i-winne]. RG. 519; recover, obtain. 

RG. 523, 549 ; pret. ' wonne.' RG. 384 ; 

'wonde.' RG. 258; 'wan/ Alys. 5561. 

AS. winnan 
Wind, sb. RG. 367 
Wind, o. a. = twist, pret. ' wond.' Pilate, 

126. AS. windan 
Windmill, sb. RG. 547 
Window, sb. Wright's L. P. p. 91 
Wine, sb. RG. 6, 542. AS. win 
Wine, sb. = a friend. M. Ode, 111. AS. 

wine 
Wineyard, sb. = vineyard. Wright's L. 

P. p. 41. AS. win-geard 
Wing, sb. RG. 28 
Winli, adj. = winsome. Ps. xxiii. 3. AS. 

wynlic 
Winne, sb. = joy. Pol. S. 195. AS. wyn 
Winne, sb. = labour. O. and N. 670. 

AS. win 
Winsome, adj. = lovely, delightful. Ps. 
- lxxviii. 9. AS. wynsum 

v. n. = be propitious. Ps. cii. 3 



Winter, sb. RG. 371, 539 
Wipe, v. a. RG. 435. AS. wfpian 
Wippen, v. n. = weep ? O. and N. 1064 
Wire, sb. [wyred]. Alys. 208. AS. wir 

97 



WI 



WL 



Wirwed, part. — strangled. HD. 1921. 

Dut. wurghen 
Wisdom, sb. RG. 384 
Wise, sb. = manner, c in no wise.' 1212 

B. ; [wes]. 0. and N. 748 
Wise, adj. RG. 468, 506 ; sup. 'wisest.' 

RG. 266 
Wisely, adv. RG. 550 
Wisse, v. a. = direct. HD. 104. 1057 

B. 0. and N. 971. AS. wisian 
Wissing, sb. = advice. HD. 2902. AS. 

wissung 
Wit, sb. = knowledge, sense. KG. 457, 

526; [i-wit]. O. andN. 772 
Witch, sb. Wright's L. P. p. 38. AS. 

wicca, a wizard 

v. n. == sing charms. Ps. lvii. 6 

Witchcraft, sb. Body and Soul, 27 
Witching, sb. = witchcraft. St Lucy, 

122 
Wite, v. a. = know. RG. 374 ; [y-wyte 

RG. 10; [iwite]. RG. 487; [wot 

1625 B. ; [wat]. O. and N. 1200 ; [wod 

lb. 1188 ; 2 s. pres. ' wost/ O. and N 

717 ; pret. ' wuste.' RG. 374 ; ' wiste/ 

208 B.; 'west.' Alys. 5834; part. 

'iwiste.' 137 B. 
Wite, v. n. = think, or expect. 2 s. pres. 

* west.' O. and N. 47 ; pret. ' wiste.' 

RG. 93 
Wite, v. a. = defend. RG. 487 ; pret. 

1 wuste.' RG. 549 ; S.S. witen. See 

Gloss, to La$. 
Wite, v. n. = go forth. Ps. lxxxix. 6 ; 

part, 'wited.' Ps. ix. 22; ' witand.' 

Ps. cxviii. 118. AS. witan 
Wite, v. a. = blame. O. and N. 1354 ; 

accuse. Wright's L. P. p. 39. AS. 

witian 
Witerlike, adv. = certainly. HD. 671. 

Ps. ii. 6 
Witermon, sb. = a wise man. Wright's 

L. P. p. 28 
With, prep. = together with. 279 B. ; 

[we]. RG. 457 

= by means of. RG. 41 

= against. O. and N. 62 

— = from. 9. and N. 610. AS. wiS 

With, adj. = white, q. v. 

With, adj. for ' wight,' q. v. 

With, adj. = pleasant ? Wright's L. P. p. 

45. AS.>e«e 
Withal, adv. RG. 28 
Withclepe, v. a. = oppose. Alys. 1301 
Withdraw, v. a. RG. 447 
« v. n. Ps. cxviii. 115 ; ' with- 
draw of = withdraw from. RG. 497 
Wither, adj. = hostile. Rel. S. i. 12 ; 

S.S. wiSer. See Gloss, to La}. 
98 



Withering, sb. = adversary. K. Horn, 

154 
Witherthreat, v. a. Ps. xxxiv. 19 ; 

lxxiii. 10 
Witherwendand, part. = opposing. 

Ps. iii. 8 
Witherwine, sb. = adversary. RG. 325. 

AS. wiSer-winna, from winnan, to strive 
Witherword, sb. = a hostile word. Ps. 

xc. 3 
Withhold, v. a. = to hold with, or make 

to accompany. HD. 2356, 2362 

= restrain. Alys. 2302 

Within, ado. RG. 375, 549 
Without, ado. RG. 549. 267 B. ; 

[widhwute]. O. and N. 1593 
prep. RG. 369; [witutel. O. 

and N. 183 ; [withouten]. 33 B. 
Withsay, v. a. RG. 369, 374 
Withseek, v. a. = seek out. part. ' wuth- 

soht.' Rel. S. v. 54 
Withsitten, v. a. = oppose. HD. 16S3 
Withstand, v. n. = oppose. 725 B. 
Withy, sb. = halter of withy. Alys. 4714. 

AS. wiftie 
Witless, adj. = mad. RG. 216 ; at a 

loss. Pilate, 242 
Witness, sb. RG. 29 
Witterli, ado. = certainly. Ps. cxix. 1. 

ON. viturlega 
Witty, adj. = clever. RG. 189 ; full of 

knowledge. O. and N. 1187- P. and P. 31 
Witword, sb. = testimony. Ps. xxiv. 10. 

AS. wit-word 
Wive, v. n. = marry. RG. 35 

v. a. part, 'iwived.' RG. 529 

Wiving, sb. = marriage. RG. 294 
Wlak, adj. = lukewarm. Fr. Sci. 290 

AS. wlsec 
Wlate, v. a. = loathe. Ps. v. 7. AS. 

wlsettian 

v. n. = feel disgust for. O. and N. 



354 
sb. = disgust. O. and N. 1504. 

AS. wlsette 
Wlatful, adj. = loathsome, abominable. 

Ps. Iii. 2 
Wlating, sb. = loathing, disgust. Ps 

lxxxvii. 9. AS. wlsetung 
Wlite, v. n. = look. Wright's L. P. p. 

43. AS. wlitan 

. = countenance. O. and N. 439 ; 



Ps. xliv. 5. AS. wlite 

Wlonk, adj. = fair, proud. Pol. S. 156. 
AS. wlanc 

Wluine, sb. = she wolf ? HD. 573. Pro- 
bably a metathesis of the ON. ultinna, 



wo 



wo 



Wo, sb. RG. 172, 485 ; [wai]. 0. and 

N. 120; [wee]. Pol. S. 152; [weye]. 

Alys. 3449; [wa]. Ritson's AS. via. 

152. AS. wa 
Wo worth, i. e. woe be to, &c. Body and 

Soul, 7 
Wobegone, adj. Body and Sonl, 220 
Wode, = went. See Go 
Woderove, sb. = the woodruff; the aste- 

rula odorata of botanists. Wright's L. 

P. p. 43. In Wright's Vocabb. p. 140, 

1 wuderove ' is given as the transl. of 

' hastula regia ' or ' muge de bois ' 
Wodewale, sb. = woodpecker. Wright's 

L. P. p. 26 
= wild thyme ? Alys. 6793. 

AS. wudufille. Palsgrave has ' wodewale, 

a herbe' 
Woht, sb. = sin. See Wo; 
Wolc, sb. = some bird. Wright's L. P. 

p. 26 
Wold, sb. = power, governance. Alys. 

6716 
Woldeneyed, = wall-eyed. Alys. 5274. 

Probably from the ON. vagi i augum = 

festuca, pterygion. c En hinde, som trsek- 

ker sig over oiet.' B. Haldorson. 
Wole, adj. = evil. O. and N. 8 ; [wle]. 

0. and N. 35. AS. wdl 
Wolf, sb. RG. 369 
Wolfling, sb. Alys. 6272 
Wollen, sb. = wollen garment. Fr. on 

Seven Sins, 16 
Woman, sb. RG. 380 ; [wimman]. RG. 

535. pi. c wymmen.' Wright's L. P. p. 33 
Womanly, adj. RG. 457 
Womb, sb. RG. 369. AS. wamb 
Wombed, adj. RG. 377 ; [wemod]. Fr. 

Sci. 286 
Wombeling, sb. = womb. Alys. 5674 
Won, sb. = hope. RG. 419 ; [iwon]. 1022, 

1712, B. ; [wunne]. Pol. S. 153 
= opinion. HD. 1972. AS. wen. 

ON. von 
Won, sb. = plenty. RG. 2, 265 ; [iwon]. 

Rel. S. v. 76 
= riches. Wright's L. P. p. 24. 

Alys. 5658 ; [wane]. Ritson's AS. viii. 

50 ; SS. winne, wunnen 
Won, sb. = dwelling. Wright's L. P. 

pp. 46, 51. AS. wunian 
Won. See Wan 
Wonde, v. n. = fear, hesitate. K. Horn, 

345. AS. wandian 
Wonde, v. n. = cease. Wright's L. P. p. 

29. AS. wendan 
Wonde, v. n. = wound ? Alys. 6525 
Wonde, adj. — wicked. Rel. S. v. 112. 

ON. vondr. AS. wonn 
o 2 



Wonder, sb. RG. 376 

= a wonderful thing. RG. 7, 



417 



v. n. 0. and N. 228 

adj. = wonderful. RG. 416 



Wonderful, adj. RG. 414 
Wondering, sb. Wright's L. P. p. 40 
Wonderliche, adv. = wonderfully. RG. 

489 
Wondred, = sorrow. See Wandreth 
Wone. See When 
Wone, sb. = want. See Wane, sb. 
Wone, sb. = opinion. HD. 1711. AS. 

wenan 
Wone, adj. = wont. HD. 2297 ; [i-wune]. 

O. and N. 1318 ; [y-woned]. RG. 377 

sb. = custom. RG. 392. AS. wnne 

Wong, sb. = cheek. Wright's L. P. pp. 

28, 30, 31. AS. wang 
Wong, sb. = field, plain. HD. 397, 1444. 

AS. wang 
Wonie, == whine, q. v. 
Woning, sb. = a dwelling. RG. 275 ; 

[wonyghing]. Alys. 5930 
Woningstede, sb. Ps. lxxxvi. 7. Rit- 
son's AS. viii. 53, 200 
Wonne, v. n. = dwell. RG. 41. AS. 

wunian 
Wonying, = whining, g. v. 
Woo, v. a. [wo3e]. K. Horn, 558; 

[wowe]. Wright's L. P. p. 44. AS. 

wogan 
Wood, sb. RG. 374, 565. AS. wndu 
Wood, adj. = mad. RG. 496. AS. wod 
Woodward, sb. = the keeper of the wood. 

Pol. S. 149 
Wooing, sb. Wright's L. P. p. 28 
Wool, sb. RG. 2 
Woolmonger, sb. RG. 539 
Woolpack, sb. RG. 539 
Wop, sb. = weeping. RG. 476 
Word, 



RG. 377, 501 
= tidings. RG. 153 



Woren, v. a. = trouble, disturb. Wright's 

L. P. p. 24. AS. worian 
Worewed, part. = worried. See Worry 
Wori, adj. = troubled (of water), 255, 

274/3 
Work, sb. RG. 448 
v. a. = cause. Wright's L. P. p. 

42, make, fashion; part, 'ywroite.' RG. 

447, ' ywort.' RG. 174 

v. n. = do work. 186 B. Wright's 



L. P. p. 60 ; pret. ' wraht.' Ibid. p. 42, 

'wrc^e.' RG. 287 
Workman, sb. St Swithin, 55 
World, sb. RG. 367 
Worldly, adj. Fragm. on Seven Sins, 16 
Worly, adj. = excellent, beautiful. 

99 



wo 



WR 



Wright's L. P. pp. 39, 45 ; [wurhliche]. 

Ibid. p. 51. AS. wurfilic 
Worm, sb. RG. 490 
Worry, v. a. 1598 B. ; part. ' worewed.' 

HD. 1915. AS. werian 
Worse, adj. RG. 374, 501 
Worship, sb. [wurthsipe]. 0. and N. 

1097, 1342 
Worshipful, adj. Ps. lxxi. 14 
Worst, adj. Wright's L. P. p. 99 
Worst. See Worthe 
Wort, sb. = a root. RG. 341. AS. wyrt 
Worth, sb. = value. EG. 373 
• adj. = worthy of, e what hii were 

wurth.' RG. 374 
Worth, adv. = forth. RG. 457 
Worthe, v. n. = be, become, [iworthe]. 

947 B. 2 s. pres. f worst.' 1812 ; 3 s. 

pres. 'worth.' RG. 512 ; 1 pi. 'worth- 

eth.' RG. 454 ; 3 s. imper. (in the phrase 

' wo worth.') Body and Soul, 7 ; part. 

f iworthe.' O. and N. 660. AS. weorSan 
Worthful, adj. O. and N. 1479 
Worthing, sb. = glory, honour. Pragm. 

in Warton, H. E. P. vol. i. p. 22. AS. 

weoroung 
Worthship, sb. = worship, a. v. 
Worthy, adj. = excellent. 412 B. 

= powerful. Ps. xlix. 3 

Wot, = know. See Wite 
Wote? RG. 361 
Wou. See W03 



Would, 



See Will 



Wound, sb. RG. 49. Wright's L. P. 
pp. 85, 84 

v. a. part. 'ywonded.' RG. 49 

See Wca 



Wow. See 



Wowe, sb. = wall. HD. 1963. K. Horn, 

1000. AS. wah 
Wowe, v. n. = to woo, q. v. 
W03, sb. = wrong. O. and N. 164. RG. 

39; [wou]. RG. 375, 550; [wow]. 

RG. 379 ; [woht]. Rel. S. ii. 16. AS. 

wdh 
Wrake, sb. = evil, destruction. 0. and 

N. 1192. AS. wraec 
Wrakeful, adj. = wicked. Wright's L. 

P. p. 23. AS. wrsecfull 
Wrath, sb. 451 B. AS. wraS 

v. n. = be angry. Ps. iv. 5 

v. a. = make angry. RG. 376, 

253 

Wrathless, adj. Wright's L. P. p. 42 
Wray, v. a. = betray. 1226 B. ; [wrye]. 

Alys. 442. AS. wreian 
Wrayli, v. n. = chatter, rail, abuse. St 

Swithin, 70. Dut. rallen. Swed. ralla 
Wreche, sb. = vengeance. RG. 3S0, 419. 

AS. wrseo 
100 



Wreche, = misery. RG. 252. But we 

should probably read c wrechede ' 
Wreier, sb. = betrayer, spoiler. HD. 39 
Wreke, v. a. = avenge. HD. 1363. AS. 

wreeccan 
Wreker, sb. = avenger. Ps. viii. 3 
Wren, sb. 0. and N. 564. AS. wrenna 
Wrench, sb. = trick. RG. 570, 535. AS. 

wrence 
Wreon, v. a. = cover. Alys. 1606 ; 3 s. 

pres. ' wrieth.' Alys. 1992 ; part. 

c ywrve.' RG. 56, 92. AS. wreon, wrihan 
Wrestle, v. n. RG. 22, 361. Alys. 1046. 

AS. wrsestlian 
Wrestling, sb. 0. and N. 793. Alys. 

1046 
Wretch, sb. 524 j3. AS. wrsecca 
— adj. = wretched. 449 B. 



Wretched, 



comp. * wretcheder.' 
= wretchedness. RG. 



2432 B. 
Wretchede, 

386, 511 
Wretchedly, adv. RG. 446 
Wrethen — writhen, part = twisted. 

Alys. 5723 
Wrey, v. a. = accuse. Pol. S. 198, 199 ; 

part. c wreynt.' Pol. S. 157. AS. wregan 



Wrie, v. n. = move away. 
AS. wrigan, 



Wright's L. 
whence our 



P. p. 48. 

' wriggle ' 
Wrieth, = covereth. See Wreon 
Wrikke, v. n. = wriggle. St Dunstan, 

82 ; ' wrikkend ' = walking, going. Rel. 

Ant. ii. p. 216. AS. wrigan 
Wring, v. a. (one's hands). Body and 

Soul, 174; (clothes). HD. 1233 

= keep tight hold of. Sermon, 20 

= twist ; part. e wrong.' Alys. 

6447 
= press down, overcome ; pret. 

'wrong.' Marg. 47. AS. wringan 
Wringer, sb. Sermon, 21 
Writ, sb. HD. 136 

= Scripture. Wright's L. P. p. 101 

= letter. Alys. 4502 

Write, v. a. pret. ' wrot.' 164 B. ; part. 

'iwrite.' 1425 B. 
Writeling, sb. = trills in a song ? 0. 

and N. 48, 912. Prom AS. wrioan = to 

writhe or twist 
Writhe, v. n. = bend easily. Body and 

Soul, 116. AS. wifSan 
Wro, sb. = hole or corner. HD. 68. Su. 

Goth. wra. Dan. vraa 
Wronehede. Probably a mistake for 

' wronghede' = wickedness. O. and N. 

1398 
Wrong, adj. = mistaken. Wright's L. 

P. p. 31. ON. rangr. AS. wringan 



WR 



YO 



Wrong", sb. = injustice, oppression. 

Wright's L. P. p. 68. 1616 B. 

adv. = badly. 0. and N. 196 

Wrong, part. = twisted. See Wring 
Wrongwis, adj. = wicked. Ritson's 

AS. viii. 177; [wrancwise]. Moral 

Ode, 129 
Wrot, sb. = snout. Rel. Ant. ii. 211. 

AS. wrot 
Wroten, v. n. = to root. Earth, st. 3. 

AS. wrot 
Wroth, adj. = angry. RG. 31 ; timid. 

Alys. 544. AS. wraS 

= poor, base. Wright's L. P.p. 38 

sb. = evil, unkindness. KG. 31 

Wrotherhele, sb. [wrothe hele] = injury, 

destruction. RG. 143, 164. Body and 

Soul, 225. See Gloss. Rem. to La^amon, 

iii. 444 

Wrought. See Work, vb. 
Wrying, sb. = treachery. Alys. 3514 
Wune, sb. = custom. 0. and N. 272. 

AS. wune 
Wunne, adj. = accustomed? Wright's 

L. P. p. 46 
Wunne, sb. = joy. Wright's L. P. p. 47. 

AS. wyn 

= hope. See Won 

Wyred, = wire, q. v. 

Wyt, sb. = calamity, blame. Body and 

Soul, 62. AS. wite 



Y, = in. Pol. S. 151 

Yard, sb. = rod. RG. 22 ; ^urd]. 2385 B. 

= staff or sceptre. Ps. xliv. 7- 

AS. gyrd 
Yard, sb. = courtyard. HD. 702. AS. 

geard 
Yare, adj. = ready. RG. 396 ; [jarte]. 

O. and N. 1220. AS. gearo 

v. a. = make ready. HD. 1350 

Yare, adv. = of yore. 1512 B. AS. 

geara 
Yate, v.. a. = tell. Ritson's AS. viii. 80. 

ON. geta 
Yawn, v. n. [jonie]. O. and N. 292; 

[yene]. Body^ and Soul, 202. Alys. 

485. AS. ganian 
Ybrad. See Braid 
Ycholle, = I shall. RG. 405 
Ycoled, part. = helmeted, armed. Alys. 

2686. AS. col, a helmet 
Ydle. See Isle 
Ydought. See Dow 
Yea. 36 B. ; [ya]. Alys. 3571 
Year, sb. RG. 373. AS. gear 



Yearn, v. a. Wright's L. P. p. 43; 

[eorne]. O. and N. 1202 
v. n. Wright's L. P. p. 63. AS. 

geornian 
Yearning, sb. Wright's L. P. p. 72 
Yell, v. n. [>ulle]. 498 8; 2 s. pres. « hol- 
iest.' O. and N. 223; pret. ^al.' 502/3. 

AS. geallian 
Yelling, sb. foulingel 487 3. O. and 

N. 1641 
Yellowman, sb. [^eolumon]. Pol. S. 158 
Yelp, v. n. = speak. Alys. 1065. AS. 

gilpan 
= boast [julpe]. 0. and N. 1650 ; 

part. ' y-yolpe.' Alys. 3368 
Yelping [julping], sb. = boasting. RG. 

209, 210 
Yeme, Yheme, Yheming. See $eme 
Yene, sb. = yawn, q. v. 
Yepe, adj. = ready. Alys. 1193. See 

Yering, sb. = yearning, desire. Ritson's 

AS. viii. 79 * 
Yesterday. Ps. lxxxix. 4 
Yet, adv. ftut]. RG. 372; [>ot]. O. 

and N. 1695 
Yfere, sb. = companions. Alys. 6906. 

AS. ge-fera 
Yhaht. See Hatch 
Yhatered, part. — clothed. Alys. 5922. 

See Hattren 
Yhete, v. a. = cast, pour out. Ps. lxviii. 

25 ; pret. c yhet/ Ps. xli. 5; pi. 'yhotten.' 

Ps. lxxviii. 3 ; part. ' yotten.' Ps. lxxiii. 

21. AS. geotan. See^ete' 
Yhoten, sb. = giant. Ps. xviii. 7. AS. 

eoten 
Yield, v. a. = give up. Alvs. 3176 ; pret. 

'yolde.' RG. 387; part, 'v-yolde/ 

RG. 449 ; ' ijulde.' 612 B. AS. geldan 

= repay. Alys. 132 

. = turn out. K. Horn, 495 



Ylef, vb. = believe thou. RG. 265 
Ylome, = frequently. See Home 
Ylong, adv. = belonging to, proper to. 

Wright's L. P. pp. 61, 74. AS. gelang 
Ymette, adj. = moderate ? Wright's L. 

P. p. 35. AS. gemet 
Ymone, adv. = together, in conceit. 

380 8. AS. gemana 
Ympne. See Hymn 

Ynele, = I ne will— I will not. RG. 314 
Ynote, part. = noted, known. Alys. 59 
Yoke, sb. RG. 453. AS. geoc 

v. a. part. ' y-yoked.' Rel. Ant. 



ii. 211 

Yolk, sb. Fr. Sci. 240. AS. geolca 
Yond, adv. [}und] = yonder. 1 8. AS. 

geond 

101 



YO 



3 U 



Yond, adj. = farther, as the c yond half/ 

or farther side. Ritson's AS. viii. 200. 

713/3 
Yornandlike, adj. = desirable. Ps. 

xviii. 11 
Young", adj. RG. 377 ; comp. ' younger.' 

RG. 423; sup. 'youngest.' RG. 381. 

AS. geong 
Younghede, sb. [^onghede] = youth. 

Legend of St Cuthbert, in Warton, 

H. E. P. vol. i. p. 15, n. 
Younglike, adj. Ps. cxviii. 141 
Youngling, **. Alys. 23G6 
Your, adj. RG. 455 • [ower], RG. 500 ; 

[or]. Wright's L. P. p. 32 
Youth, sb. Body and Soul, 111 ; [seusede]. 

Moral Ode, st. 178. AS. geogoS 
Youthhede, sb. Ps. xlii. 4 
Yox, v. n. = sob. 1570 B. AS. geocsa 
Yoxing, sb. = hiccuping. RG. 34 
Ypotanos. See Hippopotamus 
Yra;te, vb. = procreated ? O. and N. 106 
Yse, sb. = iron. Alys. 5149. AS. isen. 

Germ, eisen 
Ysome, adv. = together. RG. 3, 83. 

AS. gesome 
Ysteot, part. = fastened. Alys. 2768 
Yswerred, adj. = having necks. Alys. 

6264. AS. sweora 
Yswowe, part. = in a swoon. Alys. 2262. 

See Swoon 
Ythe, adv. = easily. K. Horn, 61. AS. 

ea<5e 
Ythen, part. = flourishing, prosperous. 

See The, vb. 
Ytolde, part. = pitched (of a tent). Alys. 

5901. See Teld 
Yvortrou, adj. = mistrustful. RG. 342 
Ywrye. See Wreon 



ready. 



O. and N. 378. 



prewe, adj. 

AS. gearo 
;ark, v. a. = make ready. RG. 391, 399. 

Alys. 1411. AS. gearcian 
^arte. See Yare 
;avre, = ever, or perhaps c of yore.' O. and 

N. 1178 
? 3f. See If 



$3ines. Rel. S. i. 16. Probably instead 
of ' tharto ^eines ' we should read ' thar 
to^eines' = there against, i. e. against 
death. AS. to-geanes 

^eme, sb. = care. RG. 135. AS gyman 

v. a. = care for, take care of. HD. 

131 

5eming, sb. = care. Ps. cxl. 3 

$ende, sb. = end. RG. 169 

3ene ? O. and N. 843 

^sode, vb. = went. See Go 

^ep, adj. = active. Wright's L. P. p. 39 ; 
bold. O. and N. 465. AS. gsep 

;ephede, sb. = boldness. O. and N. 683 

}3rne, adv. = earnestly. RG. 487. AS. 
georne 

^ete, v. a. = cast. Body and Soul, 189. 
See yhete 

^eu^ade, sb. = youth, q. v. 

^eve, = give, q. v. 

^synchar, sb. = repentance. Wright's 
L. P. p. 46. See App: to Mapes's Poems, 
p. 343. AS. cerran with ' gen ' 

2S29, v. n = jog along, go. Wright's L. 
P. p. Ill 

v. a. =jog. Pol. S. 158 

^if. See If 

^iverness, sb. = avarice. Rel. S. vii. 11. 
AS. gifer 

^oe, = she. See under He 

^oe, = joy, q. v. 

2 okkyn, "sb. = joking? Wright's L. P. 
p. 50 

^omere, adj. = sorrowful. O. and N. 
415. AS. geomor 

^onie, = yawn, q. v. 

^o^elinge, sb. = chattering, gabbling. O. 
and N. 40. Probably the same as the 
later c gaggle,' which is used of a con- 
fused noise of people talking, in the 
Poem on the Deposition of Richard II. p. 
18, and of geese, in Churchyard's Pleas- 
ant Conceit penned in Verse (1593), cited 
in the pref. to Nash's Pierce Penniless. 
(Shaksp. Soc.'s ed.), p. xviii. 

^raihand. See Thraying 

puling. See Yelling 

$ulle. See Yell 

$ulpe. See Yelp 

gulping. See Yelping 



102 



ADDENDA. 



Baru, add AS. bearh 

Bert, v. n. = crepitum ventris edere. Rel. 
Ant. ii. p. 211 

Bidde, v. n = need, ought. HD. 1733. 
Another form of ' bud.' Dan. bor. Com- 
pare Chaucer's ' bode.' Rom. Rose, 790 

Birde, sb. For HD. 2760, read Wright's 
L. P. pp. 25, 30 

Birde, vb. pret. = it behoved. HD. 2760. 
ON. byrjar. Dan. bor 



Brol ? Rel. Ant. ii. 192 

By, v. a. = to defame. Manuel des 

Pecches, 1355. ON. bia, maculare 
Ferblet. Possibly 'suffused with blood,' 

' sanguine.' Cf. ' forbled,' in the Anturs 

of Arthur at Tame Wathelan, st. 

51 
Graueth. Probably for ' graveth,' or ' ge- 

raveth,' from AS. reaf, clothing 



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and his Helpers. 
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Bodleian Library. 
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Bodleian Treasures. 
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(1.) Note on the Acquisition of 

the Selden Library. 
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collected, and much that would be sought 
for in vain elsewhere." — Bookseller. 

" Mr. Edwards's style is pleasant, and free 
from the slang and pedantry of many more 
costly productions in the field of bibliogra- 
phy. If we feel occasionally inclined to differ 
from the author's views and deductions, we 
do so at all times with some deference, be- 
cause throughout the work it is evident that 



he has been earnest to furnish the fullest and 
most satisfactory information which it was in 
his power to do." — Leader. 

"It is now generally conceded that the 
civilization of a people may be judged rather 
by the number and value of its private libra- 
ries, than by the extent and magnificence of 
those provided by the Sovereign. Such be- 
ing the case, it is incumbent upon us to ex- 
amine our position in this particular, by com- 
parison with other nations, This Ave are now 
enabled to do, for the first time, by the aid 
afforded in Mr. Edwards's ' Memoirs of Libra- 
ries,' which exhibits a mass of evidence such 
as only the greatest devotion to the subject, 
perseveringly continued through many years, 
could have accumulated. So completely is 
the subject exhausted, that it would be vain 
and useless for the inquirer to push his re- 
searches further in order to obtain a clear 
view of the libraries of the past and present; 
for what of interest or value he finds not in 
these volumes he will scarcely hope to obtain 
elsewhere." — Gentleman's Magazine. 

" The various schemes propounded for the 
classification of knowledge — the extent to 
which libraries may safely be made available 
for public use — their internal economy, and 
the qualifications essential for their manage- 
ment — these are subjects which it would have 
afforded us both pleasure and profit to have 
discussed with Mr. Edwards. But it is time 
to take leave of him with the respect due to 
a writer whom some diffuseness, occasional 
want of discrimination, and a few doubtful 
views, will not debar from a cordial reception 
wherever industry is appreciated or erudition 
recognised." — Press. 



6 Publications of Messrs. Trubner Sf Co., 60, Paternoster Mow. 



IMPORTANT WORK ON ENGLISH AND AMERICAN 
LITERARY HISTORY. 



AND BRITISH AND AMERICAN AUTHORS, 

LIVING AND DECEASED, FROM THE EARLIEST ACCOUNTS TO THE 
MIDDLE OF THE NINETEENTH CENTURY. 

Containing 31,000 Biographies and Literary Notices. With an Index of Subject Matter. 

By S. AUSTIN ALLIBONE. 



The Second Volume (letter K. to Z, likewise exceeding 1000 pp.), which is in a 
very forward state (being stereotyped as far as the letter S), will complete the work, 
and be published, with a most elaborate Index of Subject-Matter, in the Autumn of 
1859, on the same terms as the first Volume. 

The above important work was originally announced to be published in 1857, in 
one Volume, imperial 8vo., of about 1500 pages, and the first appeal to the public 
on its behalf was signally successful. The delay in the publication seems to have 
caused a feeling of disappointment among the patrons of the work, but it is hoped 
that this feeling will give way to one of lively satisfaction when the first half of it is 
examined. The high expectations raised by the mere announcement made it incum- 
bent upon the Author and Publishers to spare no expense or trouble to bring the 
work to the greatest state of perfection ; and although stereotyped to the letter H at 
the time it was first announced, that portion has been entirely revised, partly re- 
written, and so much new matter introduced, that the subscribers will now receive 
above 2000 pages, at no increase of price. 



DESCRIPTIVE TITLE. 

The characteristics of the work, which have not been united in any previous under- 
taking of the kind, are as follow : — 

"1. It is a Biographical Dictionary of English and American Authors, comprising 
both the living and the dead; furnishing those incidents respecting the persons who 
have made themselves famous in the Republic of Letters, which every reader desires 
to know, and few know where to find. 

" 2. It is a Bibliographical Manual, giving information as to the best editions of 
authors, the circumstances attending their publication, the reception which they met 
with from the public, the influence they have exercised on the public mind, and many 
other interesting particulars, not one of which the true lover of books and student of 
letters would 'willingly let die.' 

" As a Bibliographical Manual, the Index, which forms the second portion of the 
volume, will prove no small addition to its value. In this Index the subjects of 
human knowledge are divided into forty distinct classes, and an alphabet is allotted 
to each. By this means the reader is enabled to see at a glance who are the 
principal writers on all subjects, from Agriculture, Class 1st, to Voyages, Class 40th. 



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ALLIBONE'S DICTIONARY— continued. 

"It is thought that this Index will contain between 40,000 and 50,000 names, yet 
no author is mentioned whose works are not noticed in the first part of the Dictionary. 

" It is a Critical as well as a Biographical and Bibliographical Dictionary. Here 
the author has a great advantage over his predecessors, without a single exception. 
Makers of books approaching to the character of this are in the habit of giving their 
own opinions, or opinions adopted as their own, which must be based upon very par- 
tial knowledge, and one, therefore, of little value ; or are apt to be tinctured with 
prejudice and party bias, and are therefore entitled to little confidence. But Mr. 
Allibone contents himself with adducing the opinions upon various writers, as they 
come under his notice, of critics of great and extended reputation, who have earned 
a claim to be heard with respect, if not in all cases with entire acquiescence. These 
invaluable specimens of criticism are quoted verbatim, and distinguished by a smaller 
type, which adds greatly to the beauty of the work." 



To the above Summary of the Work the Publishers beg leave to append the follow- 
ing remarks : — 

It contains, it is believed, the names of every Author in English Literature and 
Science, living and dead, that anybody would think of looking for. Their dates are 
given, and the dates of their several publications. Critical notices by writers of 
authority are always added, and with such fairness and copiousness as challenge a 
constant surprise, and afford, besides, a most instructive and entertaining exhibition 
of the judgments of capable men upon the qualities and characters of the celebrities of 
literature. The compiler of these authoritative criticisms, however, does not avoid 
his own responsibilities, but frankly and ably sets down his own opinions, wherever 
any interest of moral truth or literary justice is involved. 

The second division of the work will contain " a copious index of subjects" arranged 
alphabetically, under such heads as Agriculture, Antiquities, Chemistry, Divinity, 
Drama, Law, Political Economy, Biography, etc. etc. ; so that the inquirer can find 
at a glance all the authors of any note under the title of the subject upon which he 
has written. This division, besides being a most interesting presentment of author- 
ship classified — a table of the sciences and of their cultivators — is an invaluable index 
to the biographies and literary notices, for the use of students in every profession, 
and of every specific pursuit. Together, the two divisions will be to study what the 
alphabet of the ledger and the account of stock on hand are to the merchant. 
Booksellers, school committees, and librarians, will perceive their practical interest in 
it, as much as merchants, farmers, lawyers, doctors, clergymen, and mechanics, 
in their several ways require it; and authors, too — for the living labourers in literature 
are all upon the record — will find themselves, each in his appropriate place, in this 
great gathering of celebrities. In a word, the book is constructed upon a plan, and 
the plan executed with such success, that it will serve not only as a directory, but as 
a guide to study, a catalogue, invoice, and manual to the trade in literature. 



MODE AND TERMS OF PUBLICATION. 

The Work — Volume I., comprising the letters A to J, pp. 1005, is issued. The second 
Volume, comprising letters K to Z, already stereotyped as far as letter S, will be pub- 
lished, with the Index of Subject-matter, in Autumn, 1859, and exceed 1000 pages. 

Form and Style— 2 Volumes, imperial 8vo., containing above 2000 pages, elegantly and 
closely printed in double column, on the finest paper. 

Price — £l : 16s. (Tbirty-six Shillings) per Copy, to subscribers before publication — 18s. to 
be paid upon delivery of each Volume; £2 : 8s. to non- subscribers, or 24s, each Volume. 



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ALLIBONE'S DICTIONARY— continued. 



CRITICAL OPINIONS. 



" Most truly is Mr. Allibone's Dictionary 
a great work, which cannot fail of being ex- 
tensively useful, from the comprehensiveness 
of its plan, and also for the ability, persever- 
ing industry, patience of research, impartiality 
and accuracy, with which it is executed. The 
introduction of brief critical testimonies to the 
character and value of the works of eminent 
authors is a happy thought, and cannot fail to 
be of great service to future bibliographers 
and librarians in the selection and purchase 
of books. 

"Mr. Allibone's list of authorities con- 
sulted includes (I believe) every work of any 
value. My own knowledge of American au- 
thors has hitherto been derived chiefly from 
the best edition of ' Allen's American Biogra- 
phy,' and from Mr. Triibner's concise but 
truly valuable ' Guide to American Literature.' 
But henceforth Mr. Allibone's researches 
will leave nothing to be desired." — Rev. 
Thomas Eartwell Home, in a Letter to the 
Publishers. 

" Mr. Allibone, an American gentleman of 
wide reading, is engaged on a ' Critical Dic- 
tionary of English Literature,' a work very 
seriously needed. Lowndes is very imperfect. 
Watt is out of date, is also very imperfect, 
and is out of print. Mr. Allibone is said, on 
high American authority, to be well prepared 
for his task. His method, of which we can 
judge for ourselves, is novel : his plan being 
to supply the facts about his authors him- 
self, and to quote opinions about them from 
distinguished critical contemporaries and suc- 
cessors. For example, under the title of 
4 Opinions on Burke,' there are forty brief ex- 
cerpts from Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy, 
Lord Jeffrey, Professor Smyth, Dugald Stew- 
art, James Prior, the Earl of Chatham, King 
George III., Charles James Fox, John Roche, 
M. Cazales,WilliamWyndham, Gerard Hamil- 
ton, Mr. Curwen, Rev. Thomas Campbell, Dr. 
French Laurence, Edward Gibbon, Richard 
Cumberland, William Wilberforce, Thomas 
James Mathias, Lord Thurlow, Rev. Dr. Sa- 
muel Parr, Henry Grattan, Oliver Goldsmith, 
Mr. Richards, the Duke de Levis, Warren 
Hastings, R. B. Sheridan, F. Schlegel, Robert 
Hall, George Crabbe, Samuel Warren, T. B. 
Macaulay, Rev. Dr. C. A Goodrich, Mr. 
Shackleton, Sir James Mackintosh, Sir Robert 
Peel, Lord John Russell, Lord Erskine, and 
Lord Brougham. This gives an idea of the 
work. By such a plan the reader is presented 
with a History of Opinion on great writers, 
as well as a History of their Works. If Mr. 
Allibone's ' Dictionary ' proves to be as able 
in execution as it is felicitous in conception, 



it will be welcome to many libraries in Eng- 
land as well as in America." — Athenceum, 
Jan. 5th, 1856. 

" That which the entire bookselling trade 
of London could not effect, a Philadelphian 
gentleman has been quietly to some extent 
executing in distant America. Mr. S. Austin 
Allibone, by great and conscientious labour, 
extending over a long period of time, has com- 
pleted the compilation of ' A Critical Diction- 
ary of English Literature, and British and 
American Authors, Living and Deceased, from 
the Earliest Accounts to the Middle of the 
Nineteenth Century.' Some sheets of this 
work having been shown to us, we are enabled 
to give some account of its nature and plan. 
In the first place, it will contain upwards of 
thirty thousand names — a larger number than 
has ever been collected before in any similar 
work. Watt's ' Bibliotheca' contains rather 
less than 23,00 names, and Chalmers's has 
only 9000. In the next place, each name has 
a short biographical notice appended ; and in 
many cases critical observations, mostly ex- 
tracted from well-known and respectable 
sources, are appended to the list of works. 
One volume of 1500 closely but clearly 
printed pages will be the full extent of the 
work, which will thus be within the reach of 
those whose means do not permit them to 
purchase large and expensive works. It would 
be too much to expect perfection in such a 
task, executed by a single hand; but, from 
what we have seen, we have no hesitation in 
predicting that Mr. Allibone's Dictionary will 
be a most valuable work." — Critic, December, 
1855. 

"Mr. Allibone's work is warmly com- 
mended by Irving, Prescott, Bryant, Everett, 
Bancroft, Sparks, and other distinguished 
scholars and men of letters in America. The 
only book of the kind now in use is ' Watt's 
Bibliotheca Britannica,' supplemented by the 
London Catalogues. Watt is in four bulky 
and expensive quartos, and is now nearly 30 
years old. That it has nothing about Ame- 
rican books is a sufficient motive for another 
work being required in the States; but in 
England, also, a book of bibliographical re- 
ference, with critical and biographical notices, 
is a desideratum, and we are prepared to re- 
ceive Mr. Allibone's Dictionary with favour." 
— Literary Gazette. 

" We have had an opportuniny of inspect- 
ing that portion of Mr. Allibone's Biblio- 
graphical Dictionary which has already been 
printed, and are glad to hear that the entire 
work will be ready for issue in a very short 
time. We understand that arrangements have 



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ALLIBONE' S DIC TIONARY— continued. 
been made by Mr. Trubner to publish it in 
America and in England on the same day." — 
Critic, Feb. \bth, 1856. 

" It has been reserved for an American gen- 
tleman to produce the first complete Diction- 
ary of the literature and literary men of Eng- 
land and America, -which has yet appeared in 
either country. The work will contain about 
31,000 biographies and literary notices, and 
an examination of the first 464 pages, com- 
pleting the letters A, B, and C, has convinced 
ns that the author has brought to his task 
all the requisites of the Encyclopaedist — the 
most patient industry and painstaking love of 
detail and accuracy. The Rev. T. Hartwell 
Home, than whom -we know no greater au- 
thority upon bibliographical matters, and to 



whom the work was submitted as far as printed, 
passes the following high eulogium upon it : — 
' Most truly is Mr. Ailibone s Dictionary a 
great work, which cannot fail of being exten- 
sively useful, from the comprehensiveness of 
its plan, and also for the ability, persevering 
industry, patience of research, impartiality, 
and accuracy, with which it is executed,' etc. 
The work will be published by subscription, 
and not to be accessible to the book trade for 
a whole year after publication, and then only 
at an increased price. Mr. Trubner, the 
American bookseller, of Paternoster-row, has 
succeeded in effecting an arrangement by 
which he will issue subscribers 5 copies in this 
country simultaneously with the American 
publishers." — Bent's Lit, Advertiser, Feb. 1856. 



Copy of Letter from Cardinal Wiseman to S. Austin Ailibone, Esq. 

"London, Feb. 18, 1859. 
" Dear Sir, — I thank you very sincerely for the first volume of your Dictionary of 
Authors. I have tested its value in two different ways: first, by looking at the 
accounts of comparatively unknown or obscure authors, hardly to be found in 
ordinary biographical works, and then by glancing at the history of celebrated ones, 
whose lives have occupied volumes. Your work stands both tests admirably. I 
have found more about the first class of writers than I have ever seen elsewhere, and 
than I could have anticipated in so comprehensive a work; while the interesting 
points in the literary lives of those belonging to the second, are brought out in 
sufficient detail and treated with sufficient accuracy to render further reference or 
inquiry unnecessary. I congratulate you on the success of your herculean under- 
taking, and am 

" Yours very faithfully, 

(signed) " N. Card. Wiseman." 



From Lord Macaulay. 

"Holly Lodge, Kensington, April 9, 1859. 

" Sir, — Since I wrote to you last (Jan. 29, 1859), I have had frequent occasion to 
consult your Dictionary, and I have scarcely ever failed to find what I sought. I 
have no hesitation in saying that it is far superior to any other work of the kind in 
our language. I heartily wish you success proportioned to the labour and cost of 
your undertaking. 

" I have the honour to be, Sir, 



S. Austin Ailibone, Esq., 
&c. &c. &c." 



Your faithful servant, 

(signed) "Macaulay. 



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In one Volume 8vo. of 750 pages, half bound, price 18s. 

TRUBNER'S BIBLIOGRAPHICAL GUIDE 
TO AMERICAN LITERATURE: 

A Classed List of Books published in the United States of America, 
Fkom 1817 to 1857. 

IPjj pMitfgmpljical JutetftatHmt, f #te, & glpjmWital Jute* 



Compiled and Edited by NICOLAS TRUBNER. 



CONTENTS. 



PREFACE. 
INTRODUCTION. 

Bibliographical Prolegomena. 
Bibliographical Works on Books relating to 

America. 
Books printed in America. 

1. Periodical Publications. 

2. Catalogues and Handbooks for the use 

of buyers and sellers. 

3. Works devoted to special branches of 

Literature. 

Contributions towards a History oe 
American Literature. 

Chap. I. First Colonial Period. 
II. Second Colonial Period. 

III. First American Period. 

IV. Second American Period. 
V. Second American Period, con- 
tinued. 

VI. Second American Period, con- 
cluded. 
VII. Foreign Writers in America. 
VIII. Education. 
IX. Introduction and Progress of 

Printing. 
X. Remuneration of Authors. 
XL The Book Trade and its Extent. 
XII. Newspapers and Periodicals. 

XIII. Printing Presses. 

XIV. Typography — Type Foundries, 
Paper, Binding, etc. 

XV. General Remarks. 



Public Libraries of the United States. 

Chap. I. Of Collegiate Libraries. 

„ II. Of Proprietary and Subscription 
Libraries. 

„ III. Of Congressional and State Li- 
braries. 

„ IV. Of Town Libraries. 

„ V. Of the Smithsonian Institution. 

„ VI. Of Public School and District 
Libraries. 

„ VII. General Summary of the Public 
Libraries of the United States. 

CLASSED LIST OP BOOKS. 

I. Bibliography. 
II. Collections. 

III. Theology. 

IV. Jurisprudence. 

V. Medicine and Surgery. 
VI. Natural History. 

1 . General — Microscopy. 

2. Natural History of Man 

(Ethnology). 

3. Mammals, Birds, Reptiles, 

Fishes, Mollusca, Insects, 
Crabs, Worms, etc. 

4. Botany. 

5. Geology, Mineralogy, Palae- 

ontology. 
VII. Chemistry and Pharmacy. 
VIII. Natural Philosophy. 
IX. Mathcmathics and Astronomy. 
X. Philosophy. 



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TRUBNER'S BIBLIOGRAPHICAL GUIDE— continued. 


XL Education. 


XVIII. Military Science. 


1. Theory of Education. 


XIX. Naval Science. 


2. College and School-books. 


XX. Rural and Domestic Economy. 


3. Juvenile Books. 


XXI. Politics. 


XII. Modern Languages. 


XXII. Commerce. 


XIII. Philology — Classical, Oriental, 


XXIII. Belles Lettres (Criticism, Novels, 


Comparative. 


Dramas, Poems). 


XIV. American Antiquities, Indians, 


XXIV. Fine Arts. 


and Languages. 


XXV. Music. 


XV. History. 


XXVI. Freemasonry. 


1. European, Asiatic, African, 


XXVII. Mormonism. 


etc. 


XXVIII. Spiritualism. 


2. American History. 


XXIX. Guide-books. 


3. Biography. 


XXX. Maps and Atlases. 


XVI, Geography. 


XXXI. Periodicals. 


XVII. Useful Arts. ( Architecture, Manu- 


XXXII. Addenda. 


facture, Mechanics, etc.) 


Alphabetical Index. 



This work, it is believed is, the first attempt to marshal the Literature of the 
United States of America during the last forty years, according to the generally 
received bibliographical canons. The Librarian will welcome it, no doubt, as a 
companion volume to Brunet, Lowndes and Ebert, whilst to the bookseller it will 
be a faithful guide to the American branch of English Literature — a branch which, 
on account of its rapid increase and rising importance, begins to force itself daily 
more and more upon his attention. Nor will the work be of less interest to the 
man of letters, inasmuch as it comprises complete Tables of Contents to all the more 
prominent Collections of the Americans, to the Journals, Memoirs, Proceedings and 
Transactions of their learned Societies — and thus furnishes an intelligible key to a 
department of American scientific activity hitherto but imperfectly known and 
understood in Europe. 



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A HANDBOOK OF AFRICAN, AUSTRALIAN, 
AND POLYNESIAN PHILOLOGY, 

As represented in the Library of His Excellency Sir George Grey, K.C.B. 

her majesty's high commissioner of the cape colony. 

Classed, Annotated, and Edited by 

Sir GEOKGE GREY and Dr. W. H. J. BLEEK. 



Vol. I. Part 1.— South Africa, 8vo. pp. 186. 7s. 6d. 

Vol. I. Part 2.— Africa (North of the Tropic of Capricorn), 8vo. pp. 70. 2s. 

Vol. II. Part 1. — Australia, 8vo. pp. iv., 44. Is. 6d. 

Vol. II. Part 2. — Papuan Languages of the Loyalty Islands and New Hebrides, 
comprising those of the Islands of Nengone, Lifu, Aneiteum, 
Tana, and others, 8vo. pp. 12. 6d. 

Vol. II. Part 3. — Fiji Islands and Rotuma (with Supplement to Part 2, Papuan 
Languages, and Part 1, Australia.) 8vo. pp. 34. Is. 

Vol. II. Part 4. — New Zealand, the Chatham Islands, and Auckland Islands, 8vo. 
pp. 76. 3s. 6d. 

Vol. II. Part 4 (Continuation). — Polynesia and Borneo, 8vo. pp. 77 to 154. 3s. 6d. 



The above is, without exception, the most important addition yet made to African 
Philology. The amount of materials brought together by Sir George, with a view to 
elucidate the subject, is stupendous; and the labour bestowed on them, and the results 
arrived at, incontestably establish the claim of the Author to be called the father of 
African and Polynesian Philology. 



OPINIONS OF THE PRESS. 



"We congratulate the Governor of the 
Cape on the production of a most important 
aid to the study of the twin sciences of 
philology and ethnology, and look forward to 
the completion of the Catalogue itself as a 
great and permanent step towards civilization 
of the barbarous races whose formation, ha- 
bits, language, religion, and food, are all, more 
or less, most carefully noted in its pages." — 
Leader. 



" It is for these substantial reasons that we 
deemed it worth a brief notice to call atten- 
tion to these excellently arranged Catalogues 
(with important notes), describing the vari- 
rious works in the library of Sir George Grey, 
and by which this great philanthropist will 
greatly aid in civilizing the numerous peoples 
within the limit of the colony of the Cape of 
Good Hope." — Brighton Gazette. 






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TRUBNER'S BIBLIOTHECA GLOTTICA. 



THE LITERATURE 



OP 



AMERICAN ABORIGINAL LANGUAGES, 

By HERMANN E. LUDEWIG. 

With Additions and Corrections by Professor Wm. W. TURNER. 
Edited by NICOLAS TRUBNER. 



8vo. ; fly and general Title, 2 leaves ; Dr. Ludewig's Preface, pp. v — viii; Editors' 
Preface, pp. ix — xii; Biographical Memoir of Dr. Ludewig, pp. xiii, xiv ; and 
Introductory Bibliographical Notices, pp. xiv — xxiv, followed by List of Con- 
tents. Then follow Dr. Ludewig's Bibliotheca Glottica, alphabetically arranged, 
with additions by the Editor, pp. 1 — 209 ; Professor Turner's additions, with those 
of the Editor to the same, also alphabetically arranged, pp. 210 — 246; Index, pp. 
247 — 256; and list of Errata, pp. 257, 258. One volume, handsomely bound in 
cloth, price 10s. Qd. 



This work is intended to supply a great want, now that the study of Ethnology 
has proved that exotic languages are not mere curiosities, but essential and interesting 
parts of the natural history of man, forming one of the most curious links in the great 
chain of national affinities, denning as they do the reciprocity existing between man 
and the soil he lives upon. No one can venture to write the history of America 
without a knowledge of her aboriginal languages ; and unimportant as such researches 
may seem to men engaged in the mere bustling occupations of life, they will at least 
acknowledge that these records of the past, like the stern-lights of a departing ship, 
are the last glimmers of savage life, as it becomes absorbed or recedes before the 
tide of civilization. Dr. Ludewig and Professor Turner have made most diligent use 
of the public and private collections in America, access to all of which was most 
liberally granted to them. This has placed at their disposal the labours of the Ame- 
rican Missionaries, so little known on this side of the Atlantic that they may be 
looked upon almost in the light of untrodden ground. But English and Continental 
libraries have also been ransacked ; and Dr. Ludewig kept up a constant and active 
correspondence with scholars of " the Fatherland," as well as with men of similar 
tastes and pursuits in France, Spain, and Holland, determined to leave no stone 
unturned to render his labours as complete as possible. The volume, perfect in 
itself, is the first of an enlarged edition of Vater's " Linguarum totius orbis Index." 
The work has been noticed by the press of both Continents, and we may be permitted 
to refer particularly to the following : 



OPINIONS OF THE PRESS 

" This work, mainly the production of the 
late Herr Ludewig, a German naturalized in 
America, is devoted to an account of the lite- 
rature of the aboriginal languages of that 
country. It gives an alphabetical list of the 
various tribes of whose languages any record 



remains, and refers to the works, papers, or 
manuscripts, in which such information may 
be found. The work has evidently been a 
labour of love ; and as no pains seems to 
have been spared by the editors, Prof. Turner 
and Mr, Tr'dbner, in rendering the work as 



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TRUBNER'S BIBLIOTHECA GLOTTIC A— continued. 



accurate and complete as possible, those who 
are most interested in its contents will be best 
able to judge of the labour and assiduity be- 
stowed upon it by author, editors, and pub- 
lisher." — Athenceum, 5th April, 1858. 

" This is the first instalment of a work 
which will be of the greatest value to philo- 
logists ; and is a compendium of the abori- 
ginal languages of the American continents, 
and a digest of all the known literature bear- 
ing upon those languages. Mr. Trubner's 
hand has been engaged passim, and in his 
preface he lays claim to about one-sixth of 
the whole ; "and we have no doubt that the 
encouragement with which this portion of the 
Avork will be received by scholars, will be 
such as to inspire Mr. Trubner with sufficient 
confidence to persevere in his arduous and 
most honourable task" — The Critic, 15th 
Dec. 1857. 

" Few would believe that a good octavo 
volume would be necessary to exhaust the 
subject; yet so it is, and this handsome, use- 
ful, and curious volume, carefully compiled 
by Mr. Ludewig, assisted by Professor Turner, 
and edited by the careful hand of Mr. Triib- 
ner, the well-known publisher, will be sure to 
find a place in many libraries." — Bent's Ad- 
vertiser, 6th Nov. 1857. 

" The lovers of American linguistics will 
find in the work of Mr. Trubner scarcely any 
point omitted calculated to aid the compara- 
tive philologer in tracing the various lan- 
guages of the great Western Continent." — 
Galway Mercury, 30th Jan. 1858. 

" Only those deeply versed in philological 
studies can appreciate this book at its full 
value. It shows that there are upwards of 
seven hundred and fifty aboriginal American 
languages." — Gentleman's Magazine, Feb. 
1858. 

" The work contains an account of no 
fewer than seven hundred different aboriginal 
dialects of America, with an introductory 
chapter of bibliographical information ; and 
under each dialect is an account of any gram- 
mars or other works illustrative of it." — The 
Bookseller, Jan. 1858. 

" We have here the list of monuments still 
existing of an almost innumerable series of 
languages and dialects of the American Con- 
tinent. The greater part of Indian gram- 
mars and vocabularies exist only in MS,, and 
were compiled chiefly by Missionaries of the 
Christian Church; and to Dr. Ludewig and 
Mr. Trubner, we are, therefore, the more in- 
debted for the great care with which they 
have pointed out where such are to be found, 
as well as for enumerating those which have 
been printed, either in a separate shape, in 



collections, or in voyages and travels, and 
elsewhere." — Leader, 11th Sept. 1858. 

" I have not time, nor is it my purpose, to 
go into a review of this admirable work, or 
to attempt to indicate the extent and value 
of its contents. It is, perhaps, enough to say, 
that apart from a concise but clear enumera- 
tion and notice of the various general philo- 
logical works which treat with greater or 
less fulness of American languages, or which 
incidentally touch upon their bibliography, 
it contains not less than 256 closely-printed 
octavo pages of bibliographical notices of 
grammars, vocabularies, etc., of the aboriginal 
languages of America. It is a peculiar and 
valuable feature of the work that not only 
the titles of printed or published grammars 
or vocabularies are given, but also that un- 
published or MS. works of these kinds are 
noticed in all cases where they are known 
to exist, but which have disappeared among 
the debris of the suppressed convents and re- 
ligious establishments of Spanish America." 
— E. G. Squier, in a paper read before the 
American Ethnological Society, 12th Jan. 
1858. 

" In consequence of the death of the author 
before he had finished the revisal of the work, 
it has been carefully examined by competent 
scholars, who have also made many valuable 
additions." — American Publishers' Circular, 
30th Jan. 1858. 

" It contains 256 closely-printed pages of 
titles of printed books and manuscripts, and 
notices of American aboriginal languages, and 
embraces references to nearly all that has 
been written or published respecting them, 
whether in special works or incidentally in 
books of travel, periodicals, or proceedings of 
learned societies."' — New York Herald, 29th 
Jan. 1858. 

" The manner in which this contribution 
to the bibliography of American languages 
has been executed, both by the author, Mr. 
Ludewig, and the able writers who have 
edited the work since his death, is spoken of 
in the highest terms by gentlemen most con- 
versant with the subject." — American Histo- 
rical Magazine, Vol. II., No. 5, May, 1858. 

" Je terminerai en anoncant le premier 
volume d'une publication appelee a rendre 
de grands services a la philologie comparee 
et a la linguistique geuerale. Je veux parler 
de la Bibliotheca Glottica, ouvrage devant 
renfermer la liste de tous les dictionnaires et 
de toutes les grammaires des langues con- 
nues, tant imprimis que manuscrits. L'e'di- 
teur, de cette precieuse bibliographie est M. 
Nicolas Trubner, dont le nom est honorable- 
ment connu dans le monde oriental. Le 



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TRUBNER'S BIBLIOTHECA GLOTTIC A— continued. 



premier volume est consacre aux idiomes 
Americaines; le second doit traiter des lan- 
gues de l'lnde. Le travail est fait avec le 
soin le plus consciencieux, et fera honneur a. 
M. Nicolas Trubner, surtout s'il poursuit son 
oeuvre avec le m£me ardeur qu'il mise a le 
commencer." — L. Leon de Rosny, Revue de 
V Orient, Fevrier, 1858. 

" Mr. Triibner's most important work on 
the bibliography of the aboriginal languages 
of America is deserving of all praise, as emi- 
nently useful to those who study that branch 
of literature. The value, too, of the book, 
and of the pains which its compilation must 
have cost, will not be lessened by the con- 
sideration that it is first in this field of lin- 
guistic literature." — Petermann's Geogra- 
phische Mittheilungen, p. 79, Feb. 1858. 

" Undoubtedly this volume of Triibner's 
Bibliotheca Glottica ranks amongst the most 
valuable additions which of late years have 
enriched our bibliographical literature. To 
us Germans it is most gratifying that the 
initiative has been taken by a German book- 
seller himself, one of the most intelligent and 
active of our countrymen abroad, to produce 
a Avork which has higher aims than mere 
pecuniary profit, and that he, too, has la- 
boured at its production with his Own hands ; 
because daily it is becoming a circumstance 
of rarer occurrence that, as in this case, it is 
a bookseller's primary object to serve the 
cause of literature rather than to enrich him- 
self." — P. Tromel, Borsenblait, 4th Jan. 
1858. 

" In the compilation of the work the editors 
have availed themselves not only of the la- 
bours of Vater, Barton, Duponceau, Gallatin, 
De Souza, and others, but also of the MS. 
sources left by the missionaries, and of many 
books of which even the library of the British 
Museum is deficient, and furnish the fullest 
account of the literature of no less than 525 
languages. The value of the work, so neces- 
sary to the study of ethnology, is greatly 
enhanced by the addition of a good Index." 
— Berliner National- Zeitung, 22nd Nov. 1857. 

" The name of the author, to all those who 
are acquainted with his former works, and 
who know the thoroughness and profound 
character of his investigations, is a sufficient 



guarantee that this work will be one of 
standard authority, and one that will fully 
answer the demands of the present time." — 
Petzholdfs Anzeiger, Jan. 1858. 

" The chief merit of the editor and pub- 
lisher is to have terminated the work care- 
fully and lucidly in contents and form, and 
thus to have established a new and largely 
augmented edition of " Voter's Linguarum 
totius orbis Index" after Professor JiiJg's re- 
vision of 1847. In order to continue and 
complete this work the editor requires the 
assistance of all those who are acquainted 
with this new branch of science, and we sin- 
cerely hope it may be accorded to him." — 
Magazinfilr die Literatur des Auslandes, No. 
38, 1858. 

" As the general title of the book indicates, 
it will be extended to the languages of the 
other Continents in case it meet with a fa- 
vourable reception, which we most cordially 
wish it." — A. F. Pott., Preussische Jahr- 
bucher, Vol. II. part 1. 

" Cette compilation savante est sans con- 
tredit, le travail bibliographique le plus im- 
portant que notre epoque ait vu surgir sur les 
nations indigenes de l'Amerique." — Nou- 
velles Annales des Voyages. Avril, 1859. 

" La Bibliotheca Glottica, dont M. Nicolas 
Trubner a commence la publication, est un 
des livres les plus utiles qui aient jamais et€ 
rediges poiu* faciliter 1' etude de la philologie 
comparee. Le premier tome de cette grande 
bibliographie linguistique comprend la liste 
textuelle de toutes les grammaires, de tous 
les dictionnaires et des vocabulaires m£me les 
moins etendus qui ont ete imprimes dans les 
differents dialectes des deux Ameriques; en 
outre, il fait connaitre les ouvrages manu- 
scrits de la meme nature renfermes dans 
les principales bibliotheques publiques et par- 
ticulieres. Ce travail a du necessiter de lon- 
gues et patientes recherches; aussi me'rite- 
t-il d'attirer tout particulierement l'attention 
des philologues. Puissent les autres volumes 
de cette bibliotheque etre rediges avec le 
meme soin et se trouver bientot entre les 
mains de tous les savants auxquels ils peu- 
vent rendre des services inappreciables." — 
Revue Americaine et Orientale, No. I., Oct. 
1858. 



The Editor has also received most kind and encouraging letters respecting the 
work from Sir George Grey, the Chevalier Bunsen, Dr. Th. Goldstucker, Mr. Watts 
(of the Museum), Professor A. Fr. Pott (of Halle), Dr. Julius Petzholt (of Dresden), 
Hofrath Dr. Grasse (of Dresden), M. F. F. de la Figaniere (of Lisbon), E. Edwards 
(of Manchester), Dr. Max Miiller (of Oxford), Dr. Buschmann (of Berlin), Dr. Jiilg 
(of Cracow), and other linguistic scholars. 



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rpRUBNER'S BIBLIOTHECA TECHNICA: A SUBJECT^ 
^ MATTER INDEX TO THE PUBLISHED INVENTIONS OF 

ALL NATIONS, 1823 TO 1853 INCLUSIVE. In 1 vol. 8vo., pp. viii., 
26, xvi. 1050. 24.5. 

The object of this work is to record in the form of a Dictionary the Literature of 
Technology and its kindred branches, dispersed over the different Journals and Magazines 
of all Nations. 



En tJ)t y.rtM* 

MAPOTECA COLOMBIAN A: CATALOGO DE TODOS LOS 
MAPAS, PLANOS, VISTAS, ETC., RELATIVOS A LA 
AMERICA-ESPANOLA, BRASIL, E ISLAS ADYACENTES. Por 

el Dr. Ezequiel Urtcoechea, de Bogota, Nueva Granada. 1 vol. 8vo. 
A very useful companion to all works relating to the Bibliography of America. 



BIBLIOTHEQUE AMERICAINE : OU CATALOGUE RAISONNE 
D'UNE PRECIEUSE COLLECTION DE LIVRES RELATIFS 
A L'AMERIQUE QUI ONT PARU DEPUIS SA DECOUVERTE 
JUSQU'A L'AN 1700. Par Paul Tkoemel. 8vo. 

Amongst the 556 articles of which the Collection consists, at least 100 are. not men- 
tioned by any bibliographer. Indeed, only about 150 of them are found in Ternaux and 
Rich, which of itself is ample testimony of the importance, and must secure to the publica- 
tion more than ordinary interest in the eyes of bibliographers and literary men. 



TRUBNER' S BIBLIOTHECA JAPONICA : A DESCRIPTIVE 
LIST OF BOOKS ILLUSTRATIVE OF JAPAN AND THE 
JAPANESE, FROM 1542 TO THE PRESENT TIME. Edited, with 
Critical and Historical Notes, by Dr. G. M. Asher. 

The above work cannot fail to prove of great interest now that Japan is thrown open for 
European enterprise. The best Dutch, German, Portuguese, Spanish, Italian, French, 
English, Russian, and American Authorities, have been consulted in its production. 



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